Roeton, Alabama

Roeton, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Roeton, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°35′52″N 85°50′05″W / 31.59778°N 85.83472°W / 31.59778; -85.83472Coordinates: 31°35′52″N 85°50′05″W / 31.59778°N 85.83472°W / 31.59778; -85.83472
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Coffee
Elevation	400 ft (100 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	125899^[1]

Roeton is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community is likely named after a local family.^[2] A post office operated under the name Roeton from 1901 to 1905.^[3]

References

↑ "Roeton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
↑ "Coffee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Coffee County, Alabama, United States

County seat: Elba

Cities	Elba Enterprise‡

Towns	Kinston New Brockton

Unincorporated communities	Alberton Basin Battens Crossroads Brooklyn Central City Clintonville Curtis Damascus Danleys Crossroads Frisco Goodman Ino Jack Java Keyton Pine Level Richburg Roeton Tabernacle Victoria

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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