Boldo, Alabama

Boldo, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Boldo, Alabama
Boldo, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°51′14″N 87°10′58″W / 33.85389°N 87.18278°W / 33.85389; -87.18278Coordinates: 33°51′14″N 87°10′58″W / 33.85389°N 87.18278°W / 33.85389; -87.18278
Country United States
State Alabama
County Walker
Elevation 463 ft (141 m)
Population
 • Total approx. 500
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 205
GNIS feature ID 114684[1]

Boldo is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.[1] Boldo is located along Alabama State Route 69, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Jasper.

History

The name Boldo came from native Americans living in the area who named it after a proud young deer or "bold doe" as noted by Willie Barton in his book about the history of Boldo called "Tracks of a Bold Doe". Several of these native Americans are buried in the local Boldo cemetery.[2] A post office operated under the name Boldo from 1878 to 1904.[3] Boldo was formerly home to Boldo Rural School, which served as a location for teaching vocational agriculture as outlined in the Smith–Hughes Act.[4] In 1903, the Boldo Grist Mill served as a flour and grist mill for people of the surrounding area.[5]

Across the road that goes around Boldo Cemetery is a new cemetery known as Boldo Memory Gardens. Many think it is all one cemetery with a new section added.

Schools

Boldo Junior High School (1908-1981) "Bulldogs"

Local attractions

Dixie Saddle Club

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Boldo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Willie L. Barton (1991). Tracks of a Bold Doe: The History of Boldo Community, Walker County, Alabama. Gregath Publishing Company.
  3. ↑ "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ National Child Labor Committee (U.S.); Edward Nicholas Clopper (1918). Child welfare in Alabama: an inquiry. National child labor committee. p. 90.
  5. ↑ Benjamin Mortimer Hall; Edwin Clarence Eckel; Eugene Allen Smith (1903). A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Water Powers of Alabama. Brown printing Company. p. 184.


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