Elrod, Alabama

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|subdivision_name2 = Tuscaloosa

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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|postal_code = 35458

|area_code = 205, 659

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Elrod is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Elrod is located on County Route 15, {{convert|13.3|mi|km}} west-northwest of Tuscaloosa.{{cite map|publisher=Alabama Department of Transportation |title=Tuscaloosa County, Alabama General Highway Map |url=http://aldotgis.dot.state.al.us/temp/co63.pdf |format=PDF |year=2008 |access-date=March 11, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Elrod has a post office with ZIP code 35458.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|access-date=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}} Elrod was renamed from Sipsey Turnpike in 1898 after the Mobile and Ohio Railroad reached the community. It was named in honor of William W. Elrod, a local physician.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=52 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }}