Bermuda, Alabama

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Brownsville, Alabama}}

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Bermuda is an unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community is likely named after Bermudagrass, which was tested in the area.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=16 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Alabama Section, operated a weather station in Bermuda.{{cite book|author=United States. Weather Bureau|title=Climatological Data for the United States by Sections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AAU3AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA27-PP3|year=1917|publisher=Weather Bureau|page=27}} Jeremiah Austill, who participated in the Canoe Fight during the Creek War, lived near the present site of Bermuda.{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=81280 |title=The Old Federal Road |publisher=The Historical Marker Database |access-date=8 November 2019 }} Bermuda is located along the route of the Federal Road.{{cite book |last1=Braund |first1=Kathryn |last2=Waselkov |first2=Gregory |last3=Christopher |first3=Raven |title=The Old Federal Road in Alabama |date=2019 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |location=Tuscaloosa |isbn=978-0-8173-5930-0 |page=124}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Conecuh County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama