Canoe, Alabama
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Canoe, Alabama | |
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| Area code | 251 |
| GNIS feature ID | 115587[1] |
Canoe is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.[2] Originally called Canoe Station, the settlement was a stop along the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad.
Civil War
During the
Prosperity and decline
The settlement grew into a town and prospered from the 1870s-1950s. New settlers came during the 1880s-early 1900s in search of cheap, cut over timberland on which to build homes and farms. The town was the site of 3 schools, a mineral spring, and a hotel, among other businesses. By the 1960s, Canoe was in an economic decline as store keepers aged, closed up shop, and as younger people moved from the town. The post office and public schools closed by the 1970s.
Present day
Today, Canoe has a population of several hundred with a half dozen shops and businesses, Escambia Academy, and a water system.
The local public school district is
References
- ^ "Canoe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Canoe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022. - Text list
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