Manistee, Alabama

Manistee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Manistee, Alabama
Manistee, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°W / 31.44111; -87.49444Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°W / 31.44111; -87.49444
Country United States
State Alabama
County Monroe
Elevation 167 ft (51 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 251
GNIS feature ID 156652[1]

Manistee is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.[1] Manistee was a logging town, and was home to the Manistee Mill Company, Bear Creek Mill Company and Runyan-Burgoyne Lumber Company. The Manistee Mill Company built a spur track to connect the saw mills of Manistee with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Repton and named it the Manistee & Repton Railway. The railway began operations in 1907 and remained in use until the 1970s, operating over 45 miles of track.[2] Amasa Coleman Lee, father of Harper Lee, served as financial manager for a Monroeville law firm's interests in the Manistee & Repton Railway.[3] A post office was operated in Manistee from 1892 to 1912.[4]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Manistee, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Alabama Logging Railroads". American-rails.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  3. ↑ I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-19.


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