Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.
Possum Trot, Alabama | |
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  Possum Trot, Alabama  Possum Trot, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 33°52′15″N 85°45′07″W / 33.87083°N 85.75194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Calhoun |
| Elevation | 640 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 256 & 938 |
| GNIS feature ID | 149212[1] |
Notable people
edit- Rick Bragg, a journalist, was raised in Possum Trot.[2]
- Herman Clarence Nixon, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians, was born in Possum Trot.[3] In 1941, he wrote a book about his hometown, entitled Possum Trot: Rural Community, South.[3]
- Lilly Ledbetter, American activist and namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was born in Possum Trot
References
edit- ^ "Possum Trot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Huber, Patrick; Goodson, Steve; Anderson, David (January 31, 2014). The Hank Williams Reader. Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-19-934989-0.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Patricia (Summer 1987). "Reviewed Work: Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot by Sarah Newman Shouse". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 71 (2): 351–354. JSTOR 40581683.
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