Palmetto, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

33°29′02″N 87°58′40″W / 33.48389°N 87.97778°W / 33.48389; -87.97778CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyPickensElevation

361 ft (110 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP Code

35481

Area code(s)205, 659GNIS feature ID124391^[1]

Palmetto is an unincorporated community in northeastern Pickens County, Alabama, United States.^[1]

History

Palmetto was named for Palmetto, another unincorporated community in South Carolina.^[2]^[3] A post office operated under the name Palmetto from 1853 to 1905.^[4]

Transportation

The community is served by an Alabama state highway and two Pickens County roads:^[5]^[6]

SR 17 (Alabama State Route 17) – north to Kennedy and State Route 96 (in Lamar County) and south to Reform
CR 3 (Pickens County Road 3/Old Pickens Road) – south to Reform and SR 17
CR 59 (Pickens County Road 59) – northeast to Pickens County Road 51 and Ashcraft Corner^[7] (in Fayette County)

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmetto
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmetto
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ "Pickens County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ Google (October 13, 2019). "Palmetto, Alabama 35481" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
^ "Lamar County Highway Functional Classification System" (PDF) (Map). dot.state.al.us. Alabama Department of Transportation. April 23, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ashcraft Corner