Official Name: | Society Hill, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Society Hill |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alabama##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Macon |
Elevation Ft: | 469 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 32.4267°N -85.4453°W |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Area Code: | 334 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 155245 |
Society Hill is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.
The community is likely named after Society Hill, South Carolina.[1] Society Hill was once home to the Society Hill High School.[2]
A post office operated under the name Society Hill from 1837 to 1914.[3]
James Torbert served as the first postmaster of Society Hill.[4] Torbert's grandson, Clement Clay Torbert, was born in Society Hill but moved to Opelika to operate a store and bank.[5] Clement Clay's grandson, C. C. Torbert Jr., served as the twenty-fifth Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1977 through 1989.[6]