Aberfoil, Alabama

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States}}

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Aberfoil is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. The main roads through the community are U.S. Route 29 and Alabama State Route 239.

History

A post office was established at Aberfoil in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Bullock |title=Bullock County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=9 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129114408/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Bullock |archivedate=29 November 2014 }} A scene of the novel Rob Roy set in Aberfoyle, Scotland, likely inspired the naming.{{cite book|last=Foscue|first=Virginia O.|title=Place Names in Alabama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCQBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|year=1989|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0410-2|page=5}}

Demographics

According to the census returns from 1850[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1850c-11.pdf 1850 Census (places)]-2010[http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf, 2010 AL Census] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census.{{Cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-11-07 |archive-date=2014-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311081733/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |url-status=dead }}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Bullock County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama