Fernbank, Alabama

Fernbank, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°34′45.4″N 88°08′30.1″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lamar
Elevation	256 ft (78 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	205, 659
GNIS feature ID	118260[1]

Fernbank is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Alabama, United States, on the north bank of Luxapallila Creek. Fernbank is located approximately five miles northwest of Millport.

History

The community was originally named Baltimore in honor of Baltimore, Maryland. The name was later changed to Fernbank due to the ferns growing in the surrounding area.^[2] The community is located on the former Georgia Pacific Railway and was once home to a Masonic lodge, sawmill, and drugstore.^[3][4][5]

A post office operated under the name Fernbank from 1884 to 1986.^[6]

References

1. "Fernbank". 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. 56. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. Local Laws Relating to Jefferson County, Ala: As Enacted by the General Assembly, from the Establishment of the County, in 1819, to Date. Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Court of County Commissioners. 1893. p. 78.
4. Seay, Noble (1924). Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama During the October Terms, 1922 to 1923, 1923 to 1924. St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company. p. 324.
5. The Era Druggists' Directory, Volume 19. New York, New York: D. O. Haynes & Company. 1921. p. 35.
6. "Lamar County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2022.