Echola, Alabama
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
33°20′41″N 87°47′22″W / 33.34472°N 87.78944°W / 33.34472; -87.7894435457
Echola is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Echola is 15.8 miles (25.4 km) northwest of Tuscaloosa. Echola has a post office with ZIP code 35457.[2][3] Echola was previously known as Elbert. Due to possible confusion with Elberta, Alabama, the postmaster, Golden Mayfield, created the name Echola by combining "echo" and "Alabama".[4]
References
- ^ "Echola". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
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Municipalities and communities of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Tuscaloosa
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