Moores Bridge, also spelled Moors Bridge, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Moores Bridge is located along Alabama State Route 171, 24 miles (39 km) north-northwest of Tuscaloosa.
History
Moores Bridge is named for the bridge built by Duncan Taney Moore over the Sipsey River.[2] A post office operated under the name Moores Bridge from 1853 to 1966.[3]
Notable person
- James Jefferson Mayfield, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1908 to 1920[4]
References
- ^ "Moores Bridge". 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. 96. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Tuscaloosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^ Alabama. Department of Archives and History (1915). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company. p. 49.
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