Ardilla, Alabama

Ardilla, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°08′30″N 85°09′05″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Houston
Elevation	253 ft (77 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	113202[1]

Ardilla is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Alabama, United States. Ardilla is located along Alabama State Route 53, 1 mile southeast of Ross Clark Circle in Dothan.

History

Ardilla was named in honor of the wife of the community's first postmaster, Henry Wood.^[2] A post office operated under the name Ardilla from 1898 to 1918.^[3]

The Ardilla soil series is named for the community.^[4]

Demographics

According to the returns from 1850^[5]-2010^[6] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census.^[7]

References

1. "Ardilla". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Houston County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
4. "Ardilla Soil Series". www.nrcs.usda.gov. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
5. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1850c-11.pdf, 1850 Census (places)
6. http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf, 2010 AL Census
7. "US Census Bureau Publications - Census of Population and Housing".