Calcis,_Alabama

Calcis, Alabama

Calcis, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Calcis is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States, located along Alabama State Route 25, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northwest of Vincent.

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History

The community's name is derived from the word calcium, in reference to the limestone that was mined in the local quarries.[2] Calcis is located on the former Central of Georgia Railway and was once home to a passenger depot.[3] The community attempted to have a second courthouse and county jail for Shelby County placed in Calcis and went as far as presenting the argument to the Supreme Court of Alabama.[4]

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated a limestone quarry in Calcis. This limestone was shipped to Birmingham to be used as flux in iron-making.[5] The limestone mined in Calcis was a type known as Trenton limestone.[6] The Calcis Lime Works manufactured quicklime in Calcis.[7] Convict labor was used in the Calcis quarries.[8]

A post office was established in 1899, and was in operation until 1967.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Calcis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. [3]
    Central of Georgia Railway Company (1900). Annual Report of the Central of Georgia Railway Company. p. 11.
  4. [4]
    Alabama. Supreme Court (1903). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama. Joel White. pp. 637–8.
  5. [5]
    Bulletin - Geological Survey of Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1903. p. 66.
  6. [6]
    Geological Survey of Alabama (1924). Bulletin - Geological Survey of Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama. p. 66.
  7. [7]
    Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (1911). Bulletin ... Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn ... p. 307.
  8. [8]
    Douglas A. Blackmon (October 4, 2012). Slavery by Another Name: The re-enslavement of black americans from the civil war to World War Two. Icon Books Limited. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84831-413-9.
  9. [9]
    "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 28, 2020.


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