Intercourse, Alabama

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Sumter

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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Intercourse is an unincorporated community located at a crossroads in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.{{Gnis|151860|Intercourse, Alabama}} A post office called Intercourse was established in 1840, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1913.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Sumter&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Sumter County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=7 October 2014}} It is named for the traffic intersection of the town's crossroads (called "intercourse" at that time).{{cite book|last=Foscue|first=Virginia O.|title=Place Names in Alabama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCQBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|year=1989|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0410-2|page=76}} Although a share of the residents want the unusual name changed to Siloam, state maps still identify the place as Intercourse.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JkogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=56UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6985%2C1208659 | title=Unusual names have unusual origins | work=The Tuscaloosa News | date=September 4, 1990 | accessdate=3 May 2015 | pages=6A}}