Palmetto is an unincorporated community in northeastern Pickens County, Alabama, United States.[1]
Palmetto, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 33°29′02″N 87°58′40″W / 33.48389°N 87.97778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Pickens |
Elevation | 361 ft (110 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code | 35481 |
Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
GNIS feature ID | 124391[1] |
History
editPalmetto was named for Palmetto, another unincorporated community in South Carolina.[2][3] A post office operated under the name Palmetto from 1853 to 1905.[4]
Transportation
editThe community is served by an Alabama state highway and two Pickens County roads:[5][6]
- SR 17 (Alabama State Route 17) – north to Kennedy and State Route 96 (in Lamar County) and south to Reform
- CR 3 (Pickens County Road 3/Old Pickens Road) – south to Reform and SR 17
- CR 59 (Pickens County Road 59) – northeast to Pickens County Road 51 and Ashcraft Corner[7] (in Fayette County)
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmetto
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmetto
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Pickens County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Palmetto, Alabama 35481" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ "Lamar County Highway Functional Classification System" (PDF) (Map). dot.state.al.us. Alabama Department of Transportation. April 23, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ashcraft Corner