Manistee, Alabama
| Manistee, Alabama | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Manistee, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°WCoordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Monroe |
| Elevation | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 251 |
| GNIS feature ID | 156652[1] |
Manistee is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.[1] Manistee was a logging town, and was home to the Manistee Mill Company, Bear Creek Mill Company and Runyan-Burgoyne Lumber Company. The Manistee Mill Company built a spur track to connect the saw mills of Manistee with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Repton and named it the Manistee & Repton Railway. The railway began operations in 1907 and remained in use until the 1970s, operating over 45 miles of track.[2] Amasa Coleman Lee, father of Harper Lee, served as financial manager for a Monroeville law firm's interests in the Manistee & Repton Railway.[3] A post office was operated in Manistee from 1892 to 1912.[4]
Notable native
- Albert S. Herlong, Jr., a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1949 to 1967.[5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Manistee, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Alabama Logging Railroads". American-rails.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ↑ I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
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