Gerald, Alabama
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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Gerald was an unincorporated community in Dale County until 1965, when the area was incorporated into the town limits of the newly formed Level Plains, Alabama, United States.
History
A post office operated under the name Gerald from 1898 to 1901.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Dale |title=Dale County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=28 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112204444/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Dale |archivedate=12 January 2016 }} Gerald was a train whistle-stop on the Alabama Midland Railway running from Newton to Enterprise.Alabama Midland Railway and Wiregrass Central Railroad.
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{{Dale County, Alabama}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Dale County, Alabama
Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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