Greenbrier, Alabama

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_name1 = Alabama

| subdivision_name2 = Limestone

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| established_date = 1829, First inhabited

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| elevation_ft = 610

| elevation_m = 186

| population_as_of = 2020 (Estimated)

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| population_total = 30

| population_metro = 462,693 (Huntsville Metropolitan Area)

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| timezone = Central (CST)

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| postal_code = 35758

| area_code = 256

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Greenbrier is an unincorporated community in south eastern Limestone County, Alabama, United States. The population is 30 as of 2020.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024|reason=No source for population data.}} It is located 5.5 kilometers from the Madison County and Limestone County borders.

History

Greenbrier was likely named for Greenbrier, Virginia, since a number of early settlers of the area came from Virginia.{{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 was established under the name Green Brier in 1869 and was in operation until 1920.{{Cite web|title=Notification Service {{!}} Post Offices|url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Limestone|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.postalhistory.com}} There is a small restaurant located in the north of the community where it is decorated with a mural around the outside perimeters of the building that is open and listed as a landmark.

The community of Greenbrier is located 3.4 miles (5.5km) from the Limestone Madison county borders. The community also is located in between the City of Madison and the City of Athens. South of the community is a railline owned by Norfolk Southern, there is no station in Greenbrier, but there are rail lines leading to the Toyota Mazda plant where car parts will be unloaded and reloaded.

In 2020, a Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant opened north of Greenbrier, and the road parallel to the plant was extended to 4 lanes.

References

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

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Limestone County, Alabama

Category:Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area