Renfroe, Alabama

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Renfroe, also known as Stick To It, is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.

History

Renfroe was named by D. M. and D. W. Rogers, who built a sawmill there.{{cite book |last=Foscue |first=Virginia |date=1989 |title=Place Names in Alabama |location=Tuscaloosa |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |page=118 |isbn=0-8173-0410-X }} It was named in honor of J. J. D. Renfroe, who served as a chaplain in the 10th Regiment Alabama Infantry, preacher at First Baptist Church of Talladega and Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham, editor of The Alabama Baptist, and was instrumental in moving Howard College from Marion to Birmingham.{{cite web |last1=Waldrep |first1=Dwain |title=J. J. D. Renfroe |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1172 |website=Encyclopedia of Alabama |publisher=Alabama Humanities Foundation |access-date=19 April 2020}} Renfroe was incorporated from 1887 to 1900.{{cite book|title=Alabama Laws (and Joint Resolutions) of the Legislature of Alabama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndxJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA221|year=1901|pages=221}}

A post office operated under the name Renfroe from 1880 to 1955.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Talladega&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=Talladega County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=19 April 2020}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Talladega County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama