Roxana, Alabama | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Roxana |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lee |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 738 |
Coordinates: | 32.6869°N -85.6692°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 125999 |
Roxana, also known as Rock Springs, is an unincorporated community northwesterly located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It lies seven miles (12 km) north of Notasulga and five miles (8 km) southwest of Waverly. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.
Roxana was originally named Rock Springs. Since there was already a Rock Springs post office registered in Alabama, Samuel A. Burns, the first postmaster, devised a new name. He combined "rocks" and "Anna", the name of his wife, to come up with Roxana.[1] A post office operated under the name Roxana from 1882 to 1908.[2]