Gallion, Alabama
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gallion, originally known as Macon Station, was a plantation owned by Henry Augustine Tayloe on the Demopolis to Uniontown Rail Line in Hale County, Alabama. It is now known as Gallion to honor Jo Gallion, a railroad official, and is an unincorporated community in the aforementioned county.[1] Gallion has a post office with a ZIP code of 36742.[2] Gallion has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, a plantation house known as Waldwic.[3]
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Gallion, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 32°29′48″N 87°42′58″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Hale |
Elevation | 190 ft (60 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36742 |
Area code | 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 155075 |
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In 1867, an African-American community named Freetown was established near Gallion.[4]