Eoline, Alabama

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Bibb

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|population_total = 4,269

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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|area_code = 205, 659

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Eoline {{IPAc-en|i|'|ou|.|l|I|n}} is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. Eoline is located on U.S. Route 82, {{convert|8.1|mi|km}} northwest of Centreville. During the 2011 Super Outbreak, the Eoline Fire Department was destroyed by an EF3 tornado.{{cite web |last1=Narramore |first1=Jen |last2=Wilkes |first2=Tucker-Nick |title=Sawyer-Eoline, AL EF3 Tornado - April 27, 2011 |url=https://www.tornadotalk.com/sawyerville-eoline-al-ef3-tornado-april-27-2011/ |website=Tornado Talk |access-date=11 February 2024}}

History

The community was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was named after the daughter of the M&O Vice-President, Edward Russell.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=53 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X}} At one point, Eoline was home to three stores, a boarding stable, hotel, and newspaper.{{cite book|author=Rhoda C. Ellison|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIAwwhPbpeYC&pg=PA197|date=17 February 1999|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0987-9|pages=197}} A post office operated under the name Eoline from 1898 to 1957.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Bibb | title=Bibb County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=30 November 2015}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Bibb County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama