Gallion, Alabama
Gallion, originally known as Macon Station, was a plantation owned by Henry Augustine Tayloe on the Demopolis to Uniontown Rail Line in Hale County, Alabama. It is now known as Gallion to honor Jo Gallion, a railroad official, and is an unincorporated community in the aforementioned county. Gallion has a post office with a ZIP code of 36742. Gallion has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, a plantation house known as Waldwic.
Gallion, Alabama | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Gallion, Alabama, from Snedecor's map of Hale County, Alabama, 1870 | |
Gallion Location in Alabama Gallion Gallion (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 32°29′48″N 87°42′58″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Hale |
| Elevation | 190 ft (60 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36742 |
| Area code | 334 |
| GNIS feature ID | 155075 |
In 1867, an African-American community named Freetown was established near Gallion.
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