Escatawpa, Alabama
Escatawpa, Alabama | |
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 Flooded railroad bridge on May 7, 1909 in Escatawpa | |
  Escatawpa, Alabama Location of Escatawpa in Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°17′23″N 88°23′14″W / 31.28972°N 88.38722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Washington |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 118025[1] |
Escatawpa is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States.
History
[edit]The community was named after the Escatawpa River.[2] In the Choctaw language, the word "escatawpa" signified a creek where cane was cut, with uski meaning "cane", a meaning "there", and tapa meaning "cut".[3] Escatawpa was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.[4] A post office operated under the name Escatawpa from 1858 to 1953.[5]
In 1909, a traveler from Urbana, Illinois wrote the Champaign-Urbana Courier advising citizens of Urbana to move to the region. He described the area as "a great fruit and vegetable country" and that "fine yellow pine trees are plentiful and cypress trees abound".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Escatawpa". 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. 53. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ Read, William A. (1984). Indian Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-8173-0231-X.
- ^ Alabama Public Service Commission (1914). Report. pp. 458–.
- ^ "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ^ Gilmir, E. (January 26, 1909). "Urbana Man Writes From Sunny Alabama". Champaign-Urbana Courier. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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