Stewart,_Alabama

Stewart, Alabama

Stewart, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Stewart, also known as Stewart's Station, is an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama, United States.

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History

Stewart was founded in 1844 as a stop on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. It was first called Stewart's Station, in honor of an early settler of the area, Charlie Stewart.[2] A post office operated under the name Stewart's Station from 1871 to 1903, and under the name Stewart from 1903 to 1982.[3]

Demographics

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Stewart's Station was listed on the 1880 & 1890 U.S. Censuses, having briefly been an incorporated community. It was no longer listed as a town beginning in 1900, except for the county precinct #16 that also bore its name from 1900 to 1950.

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stewart
  2. [2]
    Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. [3]
    "Hale County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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