The Aroney post office was established in 1890. It has been since been discontinued. The community's name was incorrectly spelled "Arona" on the 1966 USGS Base Maps.[2] Ever since, the misspelling has been duplicated on many other maps and geographical databases. The spelling continues to be used by the USGS, which lists "Aroney" as a variant spelling.[1] Conversely, "Aroney" is the name of the post office in the USGS database.[3]
Peopleedit
The people of Aroney, Alabama are historically farmers. They grew cotton during the 1950s and 1960s, but like many others when the cost of growing cotton outweighed the value of the cotton once it was picked, Aroney farmers shifted to growing soybeans and corn. Many of the farmers, at the urging of the state agricultural department, fenced in their fields and started raising cattle. The town never got big enough to require even a single stop light. For some period of time, there was a flashing light that was then downgraded to a 4-way stop intersection and finally to a through fare.
Until the last 20 years, the people of Aroney were related in some way. The area never grew large enough to justify a school system, but until the early 1970's, there was a small school called Center Point Junior High School. When built, the school housed classrooms for grades 1–9, but as time went on it was downgraded to grades 1-6 and eventually closed in 1976. All that is left of the school is the front doorsteps and the lunchroom.
^Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. University: U of Alabama Press, 1989.
^"Aroney Post Office". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
December 15, 2023
aroney, alabama, aroney, unincorporated, community, located, sand, mountain, southwestern, dekalb, county, alabama, united, states, approximately, five, miles, east, city, boaz, unincorporated, communityaroneylocation, within, alabamacoordinates, 22167, 08194,. Aroney is an unincorporated community located on Sand Mountain in far southwestern DeKalb County Alabama United States approximately five miles east of the city of Boaz Aroney AlabamaUnincorporated communityAroneyLocation within AlabamaCoordinates 34 13 18 N 086 04 55 W 34 22167 N 86 08194 W 34 22167 86 08194 1 CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyDeKalbElevation 1 1 099 ft 335 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code35957Area code256GNIS ID 1 150074 Contents 1 History 2 People 3 Geography 4 ReferencesHistory editThe Aroney post office was established in 1890 It has been since been discontinued The community s name was incorrectly spelled Arona on the 1966 USGS Base Maps 2 Ever since the misspelling has been duplicated on many other maps and geographical databases The spelling continues to be used by the USGS which lists Aroney as a variant spelling 1 Conversely Aroney is the name of the post office in the USGS database 3 People editThe people of Aroney Alabama are historically farmers They grew cotton during the 1950s and 1960s but like many others when the cost of growing cotton outweighed the value of the cotton once it was picked Aroney farmers shifted to growing soybeans and corn Many of the farmers at the urging of the state agricultural department fenced in their fields and started raising cattle The town never got big enough to require even a single stop light For some period of time there was a flashing light that was then downgraded to a 4 way stop intersection and finally to a through fare Until the last 20 years the people of Aroney were related in some way The area never grew large enough to justify a school system but until the early 1970 s there was a small school called Center Point Junior High School When built the school housed classrooms for grades 1 9 but as time went on it was downgraded to grades 1 6 and eventually closed in 1976 All that is left of the school is the front doorsteps and the lunchroom Geography editAroney is located at 34 13 18 N 086 04 55 W 34 22167 N 86 08194 W 34 22167 86 08194 Its average elevation is 1 099 feet 335 m above sea level 1 References edit a b c d e Arona variant Aroney Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Foscue Virginia Place Names in Alabama University U of Alabama Press 1989 Aroney Post Office Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aroney Alabama amp oldid 1166485380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
