Robbins Crossroads, Alabama

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Robbins Crossroads, also known as Robbins, is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community is named for the Robbins family, who moved to the area from Pendleton District, South Carolina.{{cite book|author=Joel Campbell DuBose|title=Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5e7gLzzZGioC&pg=PA119|year=1904|publisher=Southern historical assoc.|pages=119}} At one time, Robbins Crossroads was home to a grist mill, cotton gin, saw mill, general store, and saloon.{{cite web |last1=Causey |first1=Donna |title=Robbins Crossroads – some of the earliest citizens of Jefferson county, Alabama settled here |url=https://www.alabamapioneers.com/robbins-crossroads-some-of-the-earliest-citizens-of-jefferson-county-alabama-settled-here/ |website=Alabama Pioneers |accessdate=2 April 2020}}

A post office operated under the name Robbins Crossroads from 1873 to 1896.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Jefferson&searchtext=&pagenum=8 | title=Jefferson County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=2 April 2020}}

References

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

Category:Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Alabama

Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama