Boldo,_Alabama

Boldo, Alabama

Boldo, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Boldo is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.[1] Boldo is located along Alabama State Route 69, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Jasper.

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History

Boldo was named after a proud young deer or "bold doe" as noted by Willie Barton in her book about the history of Boldo called "Tracks of a Bold Doe".[2] A post office operated under the name Boldo from 1878 to 1904.[3] Boldo was formerly home to Boldo School, which served as a location for teaching vocational agriculture as outlined in the Smith–Hughes Act.[4] Around 1876 Leroy Williams build a Mill on Blackwater Creek, known as Williams Mill. In 1903, the Boldo Grist Mill served as a flour and grist mill for people of the surrounding area.[5]

Schools

Boldo Junior High School (1908-1981) "Bulldogs"

Local attractions

Dixie Saddle Club - Boldo Lions Club

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Boldo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Willie L. Barton (1991). Tracks of a Bold Doe: The History of Boldo Community, Walker County, Alabama. Gregath Publishing Company.
  3. [3]
    "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  4. [4]
    National Child Labor Committee (U.S.); Edward Nicholas Clopper (1918). Child welfare in Alabama: an inquiry. National child labor committee. pp. 90.
  5. [5]
    Benjamin Mortimer Hall; Edwin Clarence Eckel; Eugene Allen Smith (1903). A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Water Powers of Alabama. Brown printing Company. pp. 184.


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