Warsaw, Alabama
Warsaw, Alabama is located in Alabama
Warsaw, Alabama
Warsaw, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Warsaw, Alabama is located in the United States
Warsaw, Alabama
Warsaw, Alabama
Warsaw, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°56′15″N 88°12′11″W / 32.93750°N 88.20306°W / 32.93750; -88.20306
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountySumter
Elevation
121 ft (37 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID153894[1]

Warsaw, also known as Jamestown, is an unincorporated community and former town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community was originally called Jamestown, in honor of Jamestown, Virginia. The name was then changed to Warsaw, likely in honor of Warsaw, Virginia, where some of the earlier settlers of the area arrived from.[2] Warsaw was incorporated by the Alabama Legislature in February 1839.[3] A post office operated under the name Jamestown from 1832 to 1842, and under the name Warsaw from 1842 to 1910.[4] Since the community was unincorporated in 1910, Warsaw kept its name the same. Warsaw is also one of the oldest communities in Sumter county having incorporated in early February 1839.

References

  1. "Warsaw". 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. 145. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. Alabama (1840). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. p. 48.
  4. "Sumter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 10, 2015.


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