McEntyre, Alabama

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

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|subdivision_name1 = Alabama

|subdivision_name2 = Clarke

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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|timezone_DST = CDT

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|area_code = 251

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|blank_info = 156686{{cite gnis|156686|McEntyre}}

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McEntyre is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States, also referred to as Bedsole, Mitcham Beat and New Prospect.{{cite book|last=Burrage|first=Joyce White|title=Clarke County|year=1998|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=9780738568713|pages=128|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ND_HEDwDLwC&dq=%22Failetown%2C%20Alabama%22%20-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA7|access-date=2016-10-12|archive-date=2014-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709032817/http://books.google.com/books?id=4ND_HEDwDLwC&lpg=PP1&vq=Failetown&dq=%22Failetown%2C%20Alabama%22%20-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA7|url-status=live}}

It has been described as "Clarke County's Criminal Colony."{{cite news|last1=Windham|first1=Ben|title=SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Violent gang's disenchantment resonates today|url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/opinion/20111009/southern-lights-violent-gangs-disenchantment-resonates-today|accessdate=10 February 2017|publisher=Tuscaloosa News|date=9 October 2011|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080938/http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/opinion/20111009/southern-lights-violent-gangs-disenchantment-resonates-today|url-status=live}}