Caffee_Junction,_Alabama

Caffee Junction, Alabama

Caffee Junction, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Caffee Junction, also known as Coffey Junction, Greeley, Martaban, and Rickey, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Caffee Junction is located along U.S. Route 11, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north-northeast of Woodstock.

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History

The community was originally known as Greeley for the Horace Greeley school located there.[2] A post office operated under the name Rickey from 1902 to 1904, and under the name Greeley from 1904 to 1929.[3] The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated an iron ore mine in Caffee Junction.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Caffee Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. [3]
    "Tuscaloosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  4. [4]
    Statistics of the Mineral Production of Alabama for 1915. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1917. p. 2.


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