Salitpa, Alabama

Salitpa
Unincorporated community
Salitpa
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 31°37′47″N 88°01′12″W / 31.62972°N 88.02000°W / 31.62972; -88.02000Coordinates: 31°37′47″N 88°01′12″W / 31.62972°N 88.02000°W / 31.62972; -88.02000
Country United States
State Alabama
County Clarke
Elevation 180 ft (50 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 251
GNIS feature ID 153303[1]

Salitpa is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. It has also been known as River Hill.[2]

History

A post office called Salitpa has been in operation since 1855.[3] The community took its name from nearby Satilpa Creek. An error in writing the name (crossing the L instead of the T) when applying for a post office resulted in the name being changed.[4]

Notable person

Salitpa was the home of Ray Prim, a minor league baseball star in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels from 1936 to 1942, again in 1944 and in 1947.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Salitpa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Clarke County Historical Society (1977). Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama: A Story of the Communities of Clarke County, Alabama. Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers. p. 312.
  3. ↑ "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cat Mash among state's funny town names". The Tuscaloosa News. September 28, 1991. pp. 3B. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ray Prim | Pacific Coast League About". Milb.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.


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