Cleveland Crossroads, Alabama

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

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Cleveland Crossroads, also known as Elias, is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama, United States.

History

Cleveland Crossroads was originally named Elias in honor of Elias Brantley Cleveland, the first postmaster. After the post office was discontinued, the name was changed to Cleveland Crossroads, also in honor of Elias Cleveland.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=36 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} At one point, Cleveland Crossroads was home to a church, school, mechanic shop, two general stores, and a grist mill.{{cite book |last1=East |first1=Don |title=A Historical Analysis of the Creek Indian Hillabee Towns |publisher=iUniverse, Inc |isbn=978-1-4401-0163-2 |pages=133–5}} A post office operated under the name Elias from 1886 to 1905.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Clay | title=Clay County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=28 February 2020}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama