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Roxana, also known as Rock Springs, /rɒksænə/ is an unincorporated community northwesterly located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It lies seven miles (12 km) north of Notasulga and five miles (8 km) southwest of Waverly. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.

Roxana, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Roxana United Methodist Church
Roxana
Roxana
Coordinates: 32°41′13″N 85°40′09″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyLee
Elevation
738 ft (225 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID125999[1]

History


Roxana was originally named Rock Springs. Since there was already a Rock Springs post office registered in Alabama, Samuel A. Burns, the first postmaster, devised a new name. He combined "rocks" and "Anna", the name of his wife, to come up with Roxana.[2] A post office operated under the name Roxana from 1882 to 1908.[3]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roxana, Alabama
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2015.


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