Corona, Alabama

Corona, Alabama
Corona is located in Alabama
Corona
Corona
Corona is located in the United States
Corona
Corona
Coordinates: 33°42′30″N 87°28′10″W / 33.70833°N 87.46944°W / 33.70833; -87.46944
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWalker
Elevation
325 ft (99 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID116660[1]

Corona is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Corona is located on Alabama State Route 18, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west of Oakman.

History

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Corona was founded in the 1880s after the Corona Coal Company opened mines here.[2] The first coal shipped from Walker County by rail came from the Corona mines.[3] A post office operated under the name Corona from 1884 to 1957.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Corona". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ Armes, Ethel (1972). The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Birmingham: The Book-Keepers Press. p. 502.
  4. ^ "Walker County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.