Bass, Alabama
Bass is an unincorporated community in northern Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It is located about six miles northwest of Stevenson.
History
Bass, originally known as Bass Station, was the site of a station along the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&StL), built in 1853.[1] The name Bass was chosen by Vernon King Stevenson, president of NC&StL, in honor of his wife, whose maiden name was Maria Louisa Bass. A post office was established in 1873, but it was later closed.[2] Louisville and Nashville Railroad gained control of NC&StL in 1880 but continued to operate it independently before finally merging in 1957.
References
- ^ DeBow, James Dunwoody Brownson (1900), Legal history of the Entire System of Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. and Possessions, Nashville, Tennessee: Press of Marshall & Bruce Co, Plate I, List of Stations, http://www.archive.org/details/legalhistoryofen00deboiala, retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. University: U of Alabama Press, 1989.