Possum Trot, Alabama

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.

Possum Trot, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°52′15″N 85°45′07″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Calhoun
Elevation	640 ft (200 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes	256 & 938
GNIS feature ID	149212[1]

Notable people

• Rick Bragg, a journalist, was raised in Possum Trot.^[2]
• Herman Clarence Nixon, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians, was born in Possum Trot.^[3] In 1941, he wrote a book about his hometown, entitled Possum Trot: Rural Community, South.^[3]
• Lilly Ledbetter, American activist and namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was born in Possum Trot