Kellerman, Alabama

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Kellerman, Alabama
Workers' housing at the Kellerman mines
Workers' housing at the Kellerman mines
Kellerman, Alabama is located in Alabama
Kellerman, Alabama
Kellerman, Alabama
Kellerman, Alabama is located in the United States
Kellerman, Alabama
Kellerman, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°20′26″N 87°18′17″W / 33.34056°N 87.30472°W / 33.34056; -87.30472
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTuscaloosa
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35468
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID121109[1]

Kellerman is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States, six miles (9.7 km) north of Brookwood. The community formed around a coal mining operation owned by the Central Iron & Coal Co. of New York. Kellerman was a company town, and the houses were owned by the company. When mining operations ceased in 1962, almost all of the nearly 5,000 residents eventually moved away leaving less than 10 houses remaining.[citation needed] The Kellerman post office with ZIP code 35468, which opened on August 6, 1902, is now located at the Alabama Mining Museum in Dora, Alabama [2][3] Kellerman was most likely named for a civil engineer with the Kellerman Mine Company.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Kellerman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  4. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 79. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.



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