Caffee Junction, Alabama

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Caffee Junction, also known as Coffey Junction, Greeley, Martaban, and Rickey, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Caffee Junction is located along U.S. Route 11, {{convert|4.1|mi|km}} north-northeast of Woodstock.

History

The community was originally known as Greeley for the Horace Greeley school located there.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=65 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} A post office operated under the name Rickey from 1902 to 1904, and under the name Greeley from 1904 to 1929.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Tuscaloosa |title=Tuscaloosa County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=1 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125403/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Tuscaloosa |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated an iron ore mine in Caffee Junction.{{cite book|title=Statistics of the Mineral Production of Alabama for 1915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuxFAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA118|year=1917|publisher=Geological Survey of Alabama|pages=2}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama