Tibbie, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Tibbie, Alabama
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Alabama
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Washington
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:4.57
Area Land Km2:4.53
Area Water Km2:0.04
Area Total Sq Mi:1.77
Area Land Sq Mi:1.75
Area Water Sq Mi:0.02
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:55
Population Density Km2:12.14
Population Density Sq Mi:31.45
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:226
Coordinates:31.3622°N -88.2486°W
Area Code:251
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:127959

Tibbie is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 41 as of the 2010 census.[2]

The Red Alabama Blackmouth Cur is thought to have originated in the area around Tibbie in the 1940s.[3]

History

The name Tibbie comes from a shortened form of the Choctaw word "oakibbeha". Oakibbeha means "blocks of ice therein," with okti meaning "ice" and the plural form abeha meaning "to be in".[4]

A post office first began operations under the name Tibbie in 1910.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. May 14, 2011.
  3. Web site: Howard. Steve. Sand Ridge Kennels. July 3, 2015.
  4. Book: Foscue, Virginia . 1989 . Place Names in Alabama . . The University of Alabama Press . 137 . 0-8173-0410-X .
  5. Web site: Washington County . Jim Forte Postal History . July 2, 2015.