Creek Stand, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Creek Stand, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Label:Creek Stand
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Alabama##Location in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Macon
Elevation Ft:446
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:32.2947°N -85.4775°W
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Area Code:334
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:116837

Creek Stand (also Creekstand) is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community is named due to it being founded on the former site of a Creek Indian village.[1] A post office operated under the name Creek Stand from 1850 to 1921.[2]

Creek Stand is located along the route of the Federal Road. A tavern was located in Creek Stand that was operated by Tustunnuggee Hopoie (Little Prince), who was the headman of Coweta and a Speaker for the Lower Creek.[3]

The Creek Stand A.M.E. Zion Church was founded in 1895 and the adjacent cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. The cemetery contains several graves of people who were involved in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Foscue, Virginia . 1989 . Place Names in Alabama . . The University of Alabama Press . 42 . 0-8173-0410-X .
  2. Web site: Macon County . Jim Forte Postal History . 4 January 2016.
  3. Book: Braund . Kathryn . Waselkov . Gregory . Christopher . Raven . The Old Federal Road in Alabama . 2019 . University of Alabama Press . Tuscaloosa . 978-0-8173-5930-0 . 111.