Abel, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 33°32′55″N 85°42′45″W / 33.54861°N 85.71250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Cleburne |
Elevation | 968 ft (295 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 159044[1] |
Abel is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.
A post office was established at Abel in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[2] The community was named after the biblical Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve.[3]
According to the census returns from 1850[4] to 2010[5] for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census.[6]