Possum Trot, Alabama Explained

Official Name:	Possum Trot, Alabama
Pushpin Map:	Alabama#USA
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Alabama
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Calhoun
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Elevation Ft:	640
Coordinates:	33.8708°N -85.7519°W
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Area Code:	256 & 938
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	149212

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.

Notable people

• Rick Bragg, a journalist, was raised in Possum Trot.^[1]
• Herman Clarence Nixon, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians, was born in Possum Trot.^[2] In 1941, he wrote a book about his hometown, entitled Possum Trot: Rural Community, South.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Huber. Patrick. Goodson. Steve. Anderson. David. The Hank Williams Reader. 31 January 2014. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-934989-0. 279.
2. Sullivan . Patricia . Reviewed Work: Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot by Sarah Newman Shouse . The Georgia Historical Quarterly . 71 . 2 . 351–354 . 40581683 . Summer 1987 .