Salitpa is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. It has also been known as River Hill.[2]
Salitpa | |
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  Salitpa Location in Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′47″N 88°01′12″W / 31.62972°N 88.02000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Clarke |
| Elevation | 180 ft (50 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 251 |
| GNIS feature ID | 153303[1] |
History
editA post office called Salitpa has been in operation since 1855.[3] The community took its name from nearby Satilpa Creek. An error in writing the name (crossing the L instead of the T) when applying for a post office resulted in the name being changed.[4]
Notable person
editSalitpa was the home of Ray Prim, a minor league baseball star in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels from 1936 to 1942, again in 1944 and in 1947.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Salitpa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Clarke County Historical Society (1977). Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama: A Story of the Communities of Clarke County, Alabama. Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers. p. 312.
- ^ "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ "Cat Mash among state's funny town names". The Tuscaloosa News. September 28, 1991. pp. 3B. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ "Ray Prim | Pacific Coast League About". Milb.com. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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