Manchester, Alabama

Manchester, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Manchester, Alabama Manchester, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°54′23″N 87°18′05″W / 33.90639°N 87.30139°WCoordinates: 33°54′23″N 87°18′05″W / 33.90639°N 87.30139°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Walker
Elevation	463 ft (141 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	205
GNIS feature ID	160027[1]

Manchester is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Manchester is located along Alabama State Route 195, 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north-northeast of Jasper.

History

Manchester was founded as a lumber center.^[2] The Manchester Lumber Company owned a large amount of the surrounding timber land and built a school and Baptist church for the community.^[3] Much of the lumber produced in Manchester was used to make flatboats, which were used to transport coal.^[4] For a short time, the Manchester Coal Company mined coal in the area.^[5]

A post office operated under the name Manchester from 1907 to 1957.^[6]

In popular culture

Manchester is listed as the hometown of the comic book superhero Impulse.^[7]

Notes

1. "Manchester". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. Robin Sterling. People and Things from the Walker County, Alabama Jasper Mountain Eagle (1906 - 1909). Lulu.com. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-329-59125-7.
4. Pat Morrison (2004). Walker County, Alabama. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7385-1690-5.
5. Coal Age. McGraw-Hill. 1921. p. 652.
6. "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
7. Vibber, Kelson. "Cities of the Flash". Retrieved 30 November 2015.