Chase, Alabama

Chase, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Chase station, 1915
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Coordinates: 34°47′00″N 86°32′48″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Madison
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	256
GNIS feature ID	156170[1]

Chase is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Alabama, United States.

History

Chase was named in honor of the Chase family.^[2] Henry B. Chase served as the second mayor of Huntsville, serving from 1918 to 1920. The community was formerly a railroad stop.^[3] Today, it is home to the North Alabama Railroad Museum. A post office operated under the name Chase from 1898 to 1976.^[4]

References

1. "Chase". 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. 31. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Wholesale Price List, Fall and Spring, 1915-1916". Chase Nursery Company Incorporated. 1916.
4. "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 15, 2015.