Manistee, Alabama

Manistee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Manistee is located in Alabama
Manistee
Manistee
Manistee is located in the United States
Manistee
Manistee
Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°W / 31.44111; -87.49444
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMonroe
Elevation
167 ft (51 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code251
GNIS feature ID156652[1]

Manistee is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.[1] Manistee was a logging town, and was home to the Manistee Mill Company, Bear Creek Mill Company and Runyan-Burgoyne Lumber Company. The Manistee Mill Company built a spur track to connect the sawmills of Manistee with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Repton and named it the Manistee & Repton Railway. The railway began operations in 1907 and remained in use until the 1970s, operating over 45 miles (72 km) of track.[2] Amasa Coleman Lee, father of Harper Lee, served as financial manager for a Monroeville law firm's interests in the Manistee & Repton Railway.[3] A post office was operated in Manistee from 1892 to 1912.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Manistee, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (1926). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. L.K. Strouse. p. 650.
  3. ^ Shields, Charles J. (April 8, 2014). I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields - Google Books. ISBN 9781466867529. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved July 19, 2014.


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