Card Switch, Alabama
| Card Switch, Alabama | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Card Switch, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′22″N 85°51′20″W / 34.87278°N 85.85556°WCoordinates: 34°52′22″N 85°51′20″W / 34.87278°N 85.85556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Jackson |
| Elevation | 643 ft (196 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 115611[1] |
Card Switch is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.[1]
A CSX railway line runs through Card Switch.
The Burch Cemetery is located in Card Switch.[2] Also located there is the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Elias Camp Morris, who went on the become president of the National Baptist Convention in 1895, joined the church in 1874 and was licensed to preach the following year.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Card Switch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Burch Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Dorrien, Gary (2015). The New Abolition: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel. Yale University Press. p. 405.
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