Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
| Echola, Alabama | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 33°20′41″N 87°47′22″W / 33.34472°N 87.78944°W / 33.34472; -87.78944 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Tuscaloosa |
| Elevation | 285 ft (87 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 35457 |
| Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
| GNIS feature ID | 117845 |
Echola is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Echola is 15.8 miles (25.4 km) northwest of Tuscaloosa. Echola has a post office with ZIP code 35457. Echola was previously known as Elbert. Due to possible confusion with Elberta, Alabama, the postmaster, Golden Mayfield, created the name Echola by combining "echo" and "Alabama".
References
- "Echola". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
| Municipalities and communities of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States | ||
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| County seat: Tuscaloosa | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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