Smuteye, Alabama
Smuteye, Alabama | |
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Smuteye, Alabama | |
Coordinates: 31°58′41″N 85°39′01″W / 31.97806°N 85.65028°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 or Smut Eye is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama, United States, located northeast of Perote.
Smuteye is located in ZIP code 36061, but residents now use a mailing address in Banks: 36005.
Smuteye Pond and are located north of Smuteye and south of Aberfoil.
Name[]
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]
References[]
- ^ "Smuteye". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Gallant, Frank K. (2012). A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names. Courier Dover Publications. p. 1. ISBN 9780486483603.
- ^ Duncan, Andy (2005). Alabama Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. pp. xii. ISBN 9780762730889.
Coordinates: 31°58′41″N 85°39′01″W / 31.97806°N 85.65028°W
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Bullock County, Alabama
- Unincorporated communities in Alabama
- South Alabama geography stubs