Caffee Junction, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Caffee Junction, Alabama
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Tuscaloosa
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:653
Coordinates:33.2286°N -87.1378°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:205, 659
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:158836

Caffee Junction, also known as Coffey Junction, Greeley, Martaban, and Rickey, is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Caffee Junction is located along U.S. Route 11, 4.1miles north-northeast of Woodstock.

History

The community was originally known as Greeley for the Horace Greeley school located there.[1] A post office operated under the name Rickey from 1902 to 1904, and under the name Greeley from 1904 to 1929.[2] The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company operated an iron ore mine in Caffee Junction.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Foscue, Virginia . 1989 . Place Names in Alabama . . The University of Alabama Press . 65 . 0-8173-0410-X .
  2. Web site: Tuscaloosa County . Jim Forte Postal History . 1 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125403/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Tuscaloosa . 4 March 2016 .
  3. Book: Statistics of the Mineral Production of Alabama for 1915. 1917. Geological Survey of Alabama. 2.