Howard, Alabama

Howard, also known as Howard Mines or Stovalls Gap, is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Alabama, United States.

Howard, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Howard
Location in Alabama
Coordinates: 33°51′15″N 87°34′03″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyFayette
Elevation
650 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID155108[1]

History

The community is possibly named after the original owner of the surrounding land or for the head of the local coal-mining operation.[2] A post office operated under the name Stovalls Gap from 1926 to 1927 and under the name Howard from 1927 to 1942.[3] Moss & McCormack, a coal company based in Birmingham, leased the area in 1923 to open a coal mine.[4] A miner from Kansas, Alabama died in a mining accident at the Howard Mine in 1935.[5]

References
  1. "Howard". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Fayette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. Coal Age. McGraw-Hill. 1923. p. 382.
  5. "Alabama Mine Accidents: A Bibliography". Birmingham Public Library. Retrieved 26 February 2020.



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