Clintonville, Alabama

Clintonville, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Clintonville, Alabama Clintonville, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°24′26″N 85°53′39″W / 31.40722°N 85.89417°WCoordinates: 31°24′26″N 85°53′39″W / 31.40722°N 85.89417°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Coffee
Elevation	436 ft (133 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	116274[1]

Clintonville, also known as Indigo Head, is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama, United States. Clintonville is located at the junction of Alabama State Route 51 and Alabama State Route 122, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of New Brockton.

History

The community was originally called Indigo Head, due to the indigo plants in the area. The name was later changed to Clintonville, in honor of the local Clinton family.^[2] A post office operated under the name Clintonville from 1860 to 1921.^[3]

The Clintonville Male and Female Academy operated as the first school in Coffee County to teach beyond the sixth grade.^[4] The Alabama Legislature chartered the school on January 11, 1860, and repealed the charter on March 28, 1873.^[5]

Company F (known as "The Covington and Coffee Grays") of the 33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry was organized at Clintonville in March 1862 by Captain Daniel Horn.^[6] A portion of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry also came from Clintonville.^[7]

References

1. "Clintonville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Coffee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
4. "Coffee Historical Markers". Alabamahistory.net. Alabama Historical Association. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
5. Alabama (1873). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. p. 477.
6. L. B. Williams (1998). A Revised History of the 33rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Cleburne's Elite Division, Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865. Auburn University Printing Service. p. 324.
7. James P. Faust (29 October 2014). The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry: A Civil War History and Roster. McFarland. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7864-9612-9.