Suspension, Alabama

Suspension, Alabama
Ghost town
Suspension, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°11′48″N 85°35′17″W / 32.19667°N 85.58806°WCoordinates: 32°11′48″N 85°35′17″W / 32.19667°N 85.58806°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Bullock
Elevation	417 ft (127 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	157130[1]

Suspension is a ghost town in Bullock County, Alabama, United States.^[1]

History

The settlement began as an ancient Muscogee village called "Chananagi".^[2][3]

The name "Suspension" derives from the temporary suspension of railroad construction at the settlement. The Mobile and Girard Railroad incorporated in 1849 and began laying a track southwest from Phenix City, Alabama. By 1852-53, the grading of the railroad bed had been completed to Union Springs, located 9 mi (14 km) southwest of the settlement, however, by 1858 the laying of track had only been completed to a location known as "Stewarts Mill" because extensive excavations were required to complete the track from Stewarts Mill to Union Springs.^[4][5] Because the track laying was temporarily suspended at Stewarts Mill, the location became known as "Suspension". The track was finally completed to Union Springs in 1859-60.^[4]

Bullock County Road 40 crosses the now-abandoned railway at Suspension, though nothing remains of the settlement.

References

1. "Suspension". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "Muskogee Indians". Accessgenealogy. Retrieved February 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. Harris, Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. University of Alabama Press.
4. "The Mobile and Girard Railroad Explained". Union Springs Herald. March 6, 2013.
5. "Mobile & Girard Stations". Confederate Railroads. Retrieved February 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)