Piper is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.
Piper, Alabama | |
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  Piper, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama  Piper, Alabama Piper, Alabama (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′22″N 87°02′29″W / 33.08944°N 87.04139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Bibb |
| Elevation | 509 ft (155 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
| GNIS feature ID | 156903[1] |
History
editPiper was named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, who founded the Little Cahaba Coal Company and was a business partner of Henry F. DeBardeleben.[2] The Little Cahaba Coal Company operated two mines at Piper.[3] Combined with nearby Coleanor, the two towns had a combined population of nearly 2,500.[4] Coal was shipped from Piper to Birmingham on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The last mine in Piper was closed in the 1950s.[5]
In February 1934, members of the United Mine Workers called a strike at the Piper mines. Governor Benjamin M. Miller called in the Alabama National Guard to maintain order.[6]
Six miners were killed in a mining accident in Piper on May 31, 1925.[7]
A post office operated under the name Piper from 1905 to 1955.[8]
Notable native
edit- Piper Davis, Negro league baseball player from 1942 to 1950 for the Birmingham Black Barons.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Piper". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 112. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ Alabama. Department of Archives and History (1923). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company. p. 489.
- ^ "Piper/Coleanor". The Historical Marker Database. HMDB.org. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (January 26, 2024). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8-173-1125-4.
- ^ James Sanders Day (June 24, 2013). Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field. University of Alabama Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-8173-1794-2.
- ^ "Piper, AL Little Cahaba Coal Co Mine Accident, May 1925". GenDisasters.com. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "Bibb County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Brent Kelley (March 3, 2005). Voices from the Negro Leagues: Conversations with 52 Baseball Standouts of the Period 1924-1960. McFarland. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7864-2279-1.
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