Welcome to Alabama ...
Although we found mention of Alabama during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Alabama was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it's a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
While we are confident that Alabama was located in Polk County, we don't know its actual location within the county.
We've added Alabama to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Alabama - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Alabama, please Contact Us.
When the people of Alabama refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use terms like Alabamian or Alabaman.<2>
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Alabama might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Alabama would be found within the (715) & (534)<3> area codes.
Communities Also Named Alabama ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are 5 communities that are also named Alabama - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Nevada, New York and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alabama.
Other Roadside Stops ...
The Communities of Wisconsin
About Polk County
About Wisconsin
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Alabama and then turned east". While Alabama could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Alabama as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Alabama could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Alabama refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Alabama may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <3> | Area code (534) is an overlay for area code (715). |
