Bluff, Alabama

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

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Bluff, Alabama

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|pushpin_map =USA Alabama

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Alabama

|pushpin_label = Bluff

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_name1 = Alabama

|subdivision_name2 = Fayette

|elevation_ft = 492

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|population_total =

|timezone = Central (CST)

|utc_offset = -6

|coordinates = {{coord|33|49|14|N|87|54|23|W|type:city_region:US-AL_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint =

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|timezone_DST = CDT

|utc_offset_DST = -5

|postal_code_type =

|postal_code =

|area_codes = 205, 659

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 114604{{cite gnis|114604|Bluff}}

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Bluff is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Alabama, United States. Bluff is located on Alabama State Route 107, {{convert|10.1|mi|km}} north-northwest of Fayette.

History

The community is named after a nearby ridge.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=20 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} A post office operated under the name Bluff from 1897 to 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Fayette | title=Fayette County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=20 December 2015}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama