Mount Sterling, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Mount Sterling, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Alabama
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.0936°N -88.1631°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Choctaw
Elevation Ft:164
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:205, 659

Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. Mount Sterling was once a prosperous antebellum community, with an economy based on cotton and timber, but today little is left other than a few scattered houses. One church building, the Mount Sterling Methodist Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Mount Sterling's population as an unincorporated community was listed as 126 at the 1880 U.S. Census, the only time a figure was returned.

Geography

Mount Sterling is located at 32.0938°N -88.1631°W and has an elevation of 164feet.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal . America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community . 1997 . John Wiley and Sons . 978-0-471-14502-8 . 279 .