Nadawah is a ghost town in Monroe County, Alabama.
Nadawah, Alabama | |
|---|---|
Ghost town | |
  Nadawah  Nadawah | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′52″N 87°10′20″W / 31.81431°N 87.17220°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Monroe |
| Elevation | 194 ft (59 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36768 |
| Area code | 251 |
History
editNadawah was named for the Nadawah Lumber Company.[1] The Nadawah Lumber Company operated 15 miles of standard-gauge railway from 1912 to 1928.[2] Nadawah was formerly a sawmill town in the early 20th century, located about a mile south of Wilcox County and seven miles from Beatrice. The town was near the head of Flat Creek, along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N). Besides the sawmill, it had a post office, school, hotel and stores.[3] A post office operated under the name Nadawah from 1900 to 1967.[4] Little exists of the community today.
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 373 | — | |
| 1930 | 93 | −75.1% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
Nadawah appeared on the U.S. Censuses of 1920 and 1930 as an incorporated community. It disincorporated at some point in the 1930s.
Geography
editNadawah is located at 31°48′52″N 87°10′20″W / 31.8143197°N 87.1722083°W and has an elevation of 194 feet (59 m).[6]
References
edit- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 99. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Alabama Logging Railroads". W. George Cook. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "Ghost Towns of Alabama". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ^ "Nadawah Summary Report". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved February 2, 2022.