Kellerman, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Kellerman, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
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:538
Coordinates:33.3406°N -87.3047°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:35468
Area Code:205, 659
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:121109

Kellerman is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States, 6miles north of Brookwood. The community formed around a coal mining operation owned by the Central Iron & Coal Co. of New York. Kellerman was a company town, and the houses were owned by the company. When mining operations ceased in 1962, almost all of the nearly 5,000 residents eventually moved away leaving less than 10 houses remaining. The Kellerman post office with ZIP code 35468, which opened on August 6, 1902, is now located at the Alabama Mining Museum in Dora, Alabama [1] [2] Kellerman was most likely named for a civil engineer with the Kellerman Mine Company.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code . February 15, 2012 . United States Postal Service . 2012.
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code . . June 5, 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 . 79 . 0-8173-0410-X.