Foshee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Foshee is located in Alabama
Foshee
Foshee
Foshee is located in the United States
Foshee
Foshee
Coordinates: 31°07′01″N 87°13′35″W / 31.11694°N 87.22639°W / 31.11694; -87.22639
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyEscambia
Elevation
118 ft (36 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code251
GNIS feature ID156369[1]

Foshee is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States between Brewton and Pollard on U.S. Route 29. Foshee was founded as a sawmill town and named after Stewart J. Foshee, who owned several sawmills in Escambia County.[2] Russell A. Alger and Martin Sullivan founded the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company in the late 1890s and began logging around Foshee. They used lumber from the mill to build a new sawmill in Florida, which eventually grew into the town of Century.[3] A post office was operated in Foshee from 1914 to 1924.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Foshee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Read, William A.; McMillan, James B. (October 30, 1984). Indian Place Names in Alabama - William A. Read - Google Books. ISBN 9780817302313. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ^ McMillan, Tom (2012). Escambia County - Tom McMillan - Google Books. ISBN 9780738591230. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ^ "Escambia County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 20, 2014.



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