Smuteye, Alabama
Smuteye, Alabama | |
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 Smut Eye Grocery | |
  Smuteye, Alabama  Smuteye, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°58′41″N 85°39′01″W / 31.97806°N 85.65028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Bullock |
| Elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36005 |
| Area code | 334 |
| GNIS feature ID | 157081[1] |
Smuteye or Smut Eye is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States, located northeast of Perote.
Smuteye is located in ZIP code 36061, but residents now use a mailing address in Banks: 36005.
Smuteye Pond and Smuteye Lake are located north of Smuteye and south of Aberfoil.
Name
[edit]According to one account, the community received its name when the local men would spend all day socializing at its blacksmith shop and return home covered in soot.[2] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3]
Cultural References
[edit]The last three chapters of Percival Everett's novel, I Am Not Sidney Poitier are set in Smuteye.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Smuteye". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Gallant, Frank K. (2012). A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names. Courier Dover Publications. p. 1. ISBN 9780486483603.
- ^ Duncan, Andy (2005). Alabama Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. pp. xii. ISBN 9780762730889.
- ^ Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier: A Novel. Minneapolis: Graywolf, 2009.
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31°58′41″N 85°39′01″W / 31.97806°N 85.65028°W
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