Stewart, Alabama

Stewart, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Stewart is located in Alabama
Stewart
Stewart
Stewart is located in the United States
Stewart
Stewart
Coordinates: 32°54′40″N 87°42′22″W / 32.91111°N 87.70611°W / 32.91111; -87.70611
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyHale
Elevation
135 ft (41 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID153571[1]

Stewart, also known as Stewart's Station, is an unincorporated community in Hale County, Alabama, United States.

History

Stewart was founded in 1844 as a stop on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. It was first called Stewart's Station, in honor of an early settler of the area, Charlie Stewart.[2] A post office operated under the name Stewart's Station from 1871 to 1903, and under the name Stewart from 1903 to 1982.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
188041—
1890255522.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Stewart's Station was listed on the 1880 & 1890 U.S. Censuses, having briefly been an incorporated community. It was no longer listed as a town beginning in 1900, except for the county precinct #16 that also bore its name from 1900 to 1950.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stewart
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ "Hale County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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