Trickem, Cleburne County, Alabama

Trickem, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°33′22″N 85°24′40″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Cleburne
Elevation	1,060 ft (320 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	157172[1]

Trickem is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States.^[1]

History

The community's name is derived from Tri-Com, which is a shortened form of Tri-Communities Church, which was another name for the local Mt. Giliard Church. The post office operated from 1891 to 1903.^[2]

Notes

1. "Trickem, Cleburne County, Alabama". 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. 27. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.