Moores Bridge, Alabama

Moores Bridge, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Moores Bridge, Alabama
Moores Bridge, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°26′55″N 87°47′37″W / 33.44861°N 87.79361°W / 33.44861; -87.79361Coordinates: 33°26′55″N 87°47′37″W / 33.44861°N 87.79361°W / 33.44861; -87.79361
Country United States
State Alabama
County Tuscaloosa
Elevation 285 ft (87 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 205
GNIS feature ID 158874[1]

Moores Bridge, also spelled Moors Bridge, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Moores Bridge is located along Alabama State Route 171, 24 miles (39 km) north-northwest of Tuscaloosa.

History

Moores Bridge is named for the bridge built by Duncan Taney Moore over the Sipsey River.[2] A post office operated under the name Moores Bridge from 1853 to 1966.[3]

Notable person

References

  1. ↑ "Moores Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 96. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Tuscaloosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Alabama. Department of Archives and History (1915). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company. p. 49.


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