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Coal Valley, also known as Cormick, is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

Coal Valley, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°44′24″N 87°25′05″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Walker
Elevation	367 ft (112 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	205, 659
GNIS feature ID	116306[1]

History

Coal Valley is named for the abundance of coal in the surrounding area.[2] Coal mines were opened in Coal Valley after the completion of the Georgia Pacific Railway.[3] The Coal Valley mines played a role in the 1920 Alabama coal strike.[4] A post office operated under the name Cormick from 1890 to 1891 and under the name Coal Valley from 1891 to 1951.[5]

Notes

"Coal Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
Armes, Ethel (1972). The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Birmingham: The Book-Keepers Press. p. 502.
Brian Kelly (2001). Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21. University of Illinois Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-252-06933-8.
"Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

External links

Coal Valley Coal Production Article^{[permanent dead link]}

v t e Municipalities and communities of Walker County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Jasper
Cities	Carbon Hill Cordova Dora Jasper Sumiton‡	Map of Alabama highlighting Walker County
Towns	Eldridge Kansas Nauvoo‡ Oakman Parrish Sipsey
Unincorporated communities	Aldridge Argo Benoit Boldo Burnwell Coal Valley Corinth Corona Curry Dogtown Empire Goodsprings Gorgas‡ Hilliard Lupton Manchester McCollum Mount Hope Patton Quinton Saragossa Slicklizzard Spring Hill Townley Union Chapel
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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