Smuteye or Smut Eye is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States, located northeast of Perote.
Smuteye, Alabama | |
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Smut Eye Grocery | |
![]() ![]() Smuteye, Alabama ![]() ![]() Smuteye, Alabama | |
Coordinates: 31°58′41″N 85°39′01″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Bullock |
Elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36005 |
Area code(s) | 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 157081[1] |
Smuteye is located in ZIP code 36061, but residents now use a mailing address in Banks: 36005.
Smuteye Pond and Smuteye Lake are located north of Smuteye and south of Aberfoil.
According to one account, the community received its name when the local men would spend all day socializing at its blacksmith shop and return home covered in soot.[2] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3]
The last three chapters of Percival Everett's novel, I Am Not Sidney Poitier are set in Smuteye.[4]
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County seat: Union Springs | ||
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