Grady, Alabama
Grady | |
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![]() ![]() Grady Location within the state of Alabama | |
Coordinates: 31°59′42″N 86°12′4″W / 31.99500°N 86.20111°WCoordinates: 31°59′42″N 86°12′4″W / 31.99500°N 86.20111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Montgomery |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36036 |
Area code(s) | 334 |
GNIS feature ID | 119205[1] |
Grady is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Grady is located about 25 miles (40 km) south of Montgomery. It is at the intersection of Montgomery County Road 28 (Meriwether Trail) and Mountgomery County Road 1 (Ramer-Grady Road).
Grady is named in honor of Henry W. Grady.[2]
A US Postal Office is in Grady. Its ZIP code is 36036. A post office first began operating under the name Grady in 1890.[3]
Notable people[]
- Tracy Harris Patterson, former two weight world champion boxer
- Ike Zimmerman, blues guitarist, who is now known to have been musician Robert Johnson's main guitar teacher[4]
References[]
- ^ "Grady". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Bruce Conforth; Gayle Dean Wardlow (4 June 2019). Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Chicago Review Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-64160-097-2.
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Alabama
- Unincorporated communities in Alabama
- South Alabama geography stubs