Echola, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Echola, 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:285
Coordinates:33.3447°N -87.7894°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:35457
Area Code:205, 659
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:117845

Echola is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Echola is 15.8miles northwest of Tuscaloosa. Echola has a post office with ZIP code 35457.[1] [2] Echola was previously known as Elbert. Due to possible confusion with Elberta, Alabama, the postmaster, Golden Mayfield, created the name Echola by combining "echo" and "Alabama".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code. 2012-02-15. United States Postal Service. 2012.
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code. United States Postal Service. June 4, 2013. October 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm. dead.
  3. Book: Foscue, Virginia . 1989 . Place Names in Alabama . . The University of Alabama Press . 50 . 0-8173-0410-X .