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Echola, Alabama

Coordinates: 33°20′41″N 87°47′22″W / 33.34472°N 87.78944°W / 33.34472; -87.78944
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Echola, Alabama
Echola, Alabama is located in Alabama
Echola, Alabama
Echola, Alabama
Echola, Alabama is located in the United States
Echola, Alabama
Echola, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°20′41″N 87°47′22″W / 33.34472°N 87.78944°W / 33.34472; -87.78944
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTuscaloosa
Elevation
285 ft (87 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35457
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID117845[1]

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.[2][3] 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".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Echola". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  4. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.