Bass, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Bass is located in Alabama
Bass
Bass
Bass is located in the United States
Bass
Bass
Coordinates: 34°55′55″N 85°54′47″W / 34.93194°N 85.91306°W / 34.93194; -85.91306
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyJackson
Elevation
620 ft (189 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35772
Area codes256/938
GNIS feature ID156032[1]

Bass is an unincorporated community in northern Jackson County, Alabama, United States, located approximately six miles northwest of Stevenson.

History

Bass, originally known as Bass Station, was the site of a station along the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&StL), built in 1853.[2] The name Bass was chosen by Vernon King Stevenson, president of NC&StL, in honor of his wife, whose maiden name was Maria Louisa Bass. A post office was established in 1873, but it was later closed.[3] Louisville and Nashville Railroad gained control of NC&StL in 1880 but continued to operate it independently before finally merging in 1957.

References

  1. ^ "Bass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ DeBow, James Dunwoody Brownson (1900), Legal history of the Entire System of Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. and Possessions, Nashville, Tennessee: Press of Marshall & Bruce Co, Plate I, List of Stations, retrieved October 24, 2011.
  3. ^ Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. University: U of Alabama Press, 1989.

34°55′55″N 85°54′47″W / 34.93194°N 85.91306°W / 34.93194; -85.91306



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