Possum Trot, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
33°52′15″N 85°45′07″W / 33.87083°N 85.75194°W / 33.87083; -85.75194CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyCalhounElevation
640 ft (200 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)256 & 938GNIS feature ID149212[1]

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.

Notable people

  • Rick Bragg, a journalist, was raised in Possum Trot.[2]
  • Herman Clarence Nixon, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Southern Agrarians, was born in Possum Trot.[3] In 1941, he wrote a book about his hometown, entitled Possum Trot: Rural Community, South.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Possum Trot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Huber, Patrick; Goodson, Steve; Anderson, David (January 31, 2014). The Hank Williams Reader. Oxford University Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-19-934989-0.
  3. ^ a b Sullivan, Patricia (Summer 1987). "Reviewed Work: Hillbilly Realist: Herman Clarence Nixon of Possum Trot by Sarah Newman Shouse". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 71 (2): 351–354. JSTOR 40581683.
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