Lenox, Alabama

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Brownsville, Alabama}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Lenox is an unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States. Lenox is {{convert|10|mi|km}} west-northwest of Castleberry. Lenox had a post office until it closed on June 13, 1998; it still has its own ZIP code, 36454, but is grouped in with the city of Repton, Al.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=January 11, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} Joseph Ryals was the first postmaster who also owned the settlement's general store. It is claimed he named the location after a bar of Lenox soap, in order for the post office to be authorized.{{cite web |last1=Bracken |first1=Len |title=The Lineage of Len Bracken |url=https://www.lenbracken.com/bio/lineage.html |website=www.lenbracken.com |access-date=19 December 2020}}

Lenox is also home to young earth creationist Kent Hovind, as well as his Dinosaur Adventure Land ministry and amusement park.