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Caffee Junction, Alabama
Caffee Junction, also known as Coffey Junction, Greeley, Martaban, and Rickey, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Caffee Junction is located along U.S. Route 11, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north-northeast of Woodstock.
Caffee Junction, Alabama | |
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Caffee Junction, Alabama Caffee Junction, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′43″N 87°08′16″W / 33.22861°N 87.13778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Tuscaloosa |
| Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
| GNIS feature ID | 158836[1] |
History edit
The community was originally known as Greeley for the Horace Greeley school located there.[2] A post office operated under the name Rickey from 1902 to 1904, and under the name Greeley from 1904 to 1929.[3] The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated an iron ore mine in Caffee Junction.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Caffee Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ . Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ Statistics of the Mineral Production of Alabama for 1915. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1917. p. 2.