Mount Sterling, Alabama

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Mount Sterling, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Mount Sterling, Alabama is located in Alabama
Mount Sterling, Alabama
Mount Sterling, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 32°5′37″N 88°9′47″W / 32.09361°N 88.16306°W / 32.09361; -88.16306
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyChoctaw
Elevation
164 ft (50 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659

Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.[1] Mount Sterling was once a prosperous antebellum community, with an economy based on cotton and timber, but today little is left other than a few scattered houses. One church building, the Mount Sterling Methodist Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

Mount Sterling's population as an unincorporated community was listed as 126 at the 1880 U.S. Census, the only time a figure was returned.

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1880126—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Geography[]

Mount Sterling is located at

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32°05′38″N 88°09′47″W / 32.09375°N 88.16307°W / 32.09375; -88.16307Coordinates: 32°05′38″N 88°09′47″W / 32.09375°N 88.16307°W / 32.09375; -88.16307 and has an elevation of 164 feet (50 m).[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sterling, Alabama
  2. ^ Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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