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Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Boldo, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Boldo is located in AlabamaBoldoBoldoShow map of AlabamaBoldo is located in the United StatesBoldoBoldoShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 33°51′14″N 87°10′58″W / 33.85389°N 87.18278°W / 33.85389; -87.18278
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWalker
Elevation463 ft (141 m)
Population
 • Totalapprox. 500
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes205, 659
GNIS feature ID114684

Boldo is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Boldo is located along Alabama State Route 69, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Jasper.

History

Boldo was named after a proud young deer or "bold doe" as noted by Willie Barton in her book about the history of Boldo called "Tracks of a Bold Doe". A post office operated under the name Boldo from 1878 to 1904. Boldo was formerly home to Boldo School, which served as a location for teaching vocational agriculture as outlined in the Smith–Hughes Act. Around 1876 Leroy Williams build a Mill on Blackwater Creek, known as Williams Mill. In 1903, the Boldo Grist Mill served as a flour and grist mill for people of the surrounding area.

Schools

Boldo Junior High School (1908-1981) "Bulldogs"

Local attractions

Dixie Saddle Club - Boldo Lions Club

Notes

  1. ^ "Boldo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Willie L. Barton (1991). Tracks of a Bold Doe: The History of Boldo Community, Walker County, Alabama. Gregath Publishing Company.
  3. "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  4. National Child Labor Committee (U.S.); Edward Nicholas Clopper (1918). Child welfare in Alabama: an inquiry. National child labor committee. pp. 90.
  5. Benjamin Mortimer Hall; Edwin Clarence Eckel; Eugene Allen Smith (1903). A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Water Powers of Alabama. Brown printing Company. pp. 184.
Municipalities and communities of Walker County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Jasper
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