Foshee, Alabama
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Coordinates: 31°07′01″N 87°13′35″W / 31.11694°N 87.22639°W / 31.11694; -87.22639 | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Escambia |
Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 251 |
GNIS feature ID | 156369[1] |
Foshee is an unincorporated communityinEscambia County, Alabama, United States between Brewton and PollardonU.S. Route 29. Foshee was founded as a sawmill town and named after Stewart J. Foshee, who owned several sawmills in Escambia County.[2] Russell A. Alger and Martin Sullivan founded the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company in the late 1890s and began logging around Foshee. They used lumber from the mill to build a new sawmill in Florida, which eventually grew into the town of Century.[3] A post office was operated in Foshee from 1914 to 1924.[4]
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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