Nadawah, Alabama

Nadawah is a ghost town in Monroe County, Alabama.

Nadawah, Alabama
Ghost town
Nadawah, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 31.81431°N 87.17220°W / 31.81431; -87.17220
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMonroe
Elevation
194 ft (59 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36768
Area code(s)251

History

Nadawah was named for the Nadawah Lumber Company.[1] The Nadawah Lumber Company operated 15 miles of standard-gauge railway from 1912 to 1928.[2] Nadawah was formerly a sawmill town in the early 20th century, located about a mile south of Wilcox County and seven miles from Beatrice. The town was near the head of Flat Creek, along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N). Besides the sawmill, it had a post office, school, hotel and stores.[3] A post office operated under the name Nadawah from 1900 to 1967.[4] Little exists of the community today.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1920373—
193093−75.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Nadawah appeared on the U.S. Censuses of 1920 and 1930 as an incorporated community. It disincorporated at some point in the 1930s.

Geography

Nadawah is located at 31.8143197°N 87.1722083°W / 31.8143197; -87.1722083 and has an elevation of 194 feet (59 m).[6]

References
  1. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 99. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  2. "Alabama Logging Railroads". W. George Cook. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. "Ghost Towns of Alabama". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  4. "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  5. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  6. http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:156764,Nadawah
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