Official Name: | Salitpa |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alabama. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Clarke |
Elevation Ft: | 180 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 31.6297°N -88.02°W |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Area Code: | 251 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 153303 |
Salitpa is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. It has also been known as River Hill.[1]
A post office called Salitpa has been in operation since 1855.[2] The community took its name from nearby Satilpa Creek. An error in writing the name (crossing the L instead of the T) when applying for a post office resulted in the name being changed.[3]
Salitpa was the home of Ray Prim, a minor league baseball star in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels from 1936 to 1942, again in 1944 and in 1947.[4]