Buzzard Roost, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Buzzard Roost, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:USA Alabama
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Alabama.
Coordinates:34.7611°N -88.0239°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Colbert
Elevation Ft:466
Population Total:12
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:256
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID

Buzzard Roost is an unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. Buzzard Roost had a post office in the 1850s, but it no longer exists.

Geography

Buzzard Roost is located three miles west of Cherokee on U.S. Route 72.

History

Bernard Romans' Map of 1772 indicated a place called "Chickianooe", which appears to be a misprint of the Choctaw word, or, meaning .[1]

Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Bench Chief, built his stand in Buzzard Roost in 1801. He ran an inn there with his family. An exhibit telling his story is part of the Natchez Trace Parkway.[2] [3] [4] [5] He is credited with changing the name from Buzzard Sleep to Buzzard Roost.[6]

In the 1840s, Armstead Barton built Barton Hall, also known as the Cunningham Plantation, an antebellum plantation house.[7]

Buzzard Roost was a stop on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, between Iuka, Mississippi, and Cherokee Station, Alabama.[8]

Buzzard Roost Covered Bridge, built over Buzzard Roost Creek in 1860, was 94feet long, and located on "Allsboro Rd., which is part of the Natchez Trace Parkway System". It was destroyed by fire on July 15, 1972.[9] [10] [11]

In 1958, a type of spear point dating from the Early to an early Middle Archaic period, the Buzzard Roost Creek Point, was named after a site on Buzzard Roost Creek, by James W. Cambron.[12] [13]

Buzzard Roost was added to the National Register of Historic Places November 7, 1976.[14]

As of 2011, a Pratt pony truss bridge built over Buzzard Roost Creek in 1940 remains, although it is rated "structurally deficient."[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roman 1772 Map. Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Research. February 6, 2013. 2001.
  2. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMC4EG_Natchez_Trace_Parkway_Buzzard_Roost_Spring_near_Cherokee_AL Natchez Trace Parkway - Buzzard Roost Spring, near Cherokee, AL
  3. http://davidshome.net/NatchezTrace/_MeriwetherLewis6.htm Photographs of Buzzard Roost Spring
  4. Web site: Levi Colbert b. 1759 Muscle Shoals, Colbert County. Alabama d. 2 JUN 1834 Buzzard Roost Spring, Colbert County. Alabama: Lest Our Past Be Forgotten. Lawrence Stanley Family Genealogy. February 5, 2013.
  5. Web site: Levi Colbert . Viki's Little Corner of the Web : A Resource for Chickasaw Native American History and Genealogy . February 5, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133213/http://www.roark-family.org/Colberts/LeviColbert.asp . May 9, 2008 .
  6. Web site: Buzzard Roost Spring - Natchez Trace. NatchezTraceTravel.com. February 5, 2013.
  7. Web site: Colbert County History / Barton Hall . Fred Smoot . June 19, 2007 .
  8. Web site: Colton's map of the State of Tennessee (1871) . 2024-06-28 . teva.contentdm.oclc.org . en.
  9. Web site: Dale Travis. Alabama Covered Bridges List. February 5, 2013. January 13, 2012.
  10. http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/361/rec/40 Interior of Buzzard Roost Covered Bridge
  11. http://www.cardcow.com/97769/buzzard-roost-covered-bridge-colbert-county-alabama/ Buzzard Roost Covered Bridge
  12. Web site: Lloyd Schroder. Buzzard Roost Creek. Peach State Archaeological Society. February 5, 2013. July 3, 2012.
  13. Web site: Point type: Buzzard Roost Creek. LITHICS-Net. February 5, 2013.
  14. Web site: Buzzard Roost. LandmarkHunter.com. February 5, 2013.
  15. Web site: Ben Tate. Buzzard Roost Creek Bridge, Colbert County, Alabama. Bridgehunter.com. February 5, 2013. April 2011.