Coal Valley, also known as Cormick, is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.
History
Coal Valley is named for the abundance of coal in the surrounding area.[2] Coal mines were opened in Coal Valley after the completion of the Georgia Pacific Railway.[3] The Coal Valley mines played a role in the 1920 Alabama coal strike.[4] A post office operated under the name Cormick from 1890 to 1891 and under the name Coal Valley from 1891 to 1951.[5]
Notes
- ^ "Coal Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ Armes, Ethel (1972). The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Birmingham: The Book-Keepers Press. p. 502.
- ^ Brian Kelly (2001). Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21. University of Illinois Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-252-06933-8.
- ^ "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |