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Sycamore, Alabama

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Sycamore, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Sycamore, Alabama is located in Alabama
Sycamore, Alabama
Sycamore, Alabama
Sycamore, Alabama is located in the United States
Sycamore, Alabama
Sycamore, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°15′04″N 86°12′09″W / 33.25111°N 86.20250°W / 33.25111; -86.20250
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTalladega
Elevation
541 ft (165 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35149
Area codeArea code 256
GNIS feature ID127608[1]

Sycamore is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States, located near Alabama State Route 21, 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north-northeast of Sylacauga. Sycamore has a post office with ZIP code 35149.[2][3] Sycamore was originally called Sycamore Grove, and was named for the sycamore trees which grew at the site. The post office was established in 1876.[4]

Robert Russa Moton High School was in Sycamore.[5][6]

Sycamore was the birthplace of professional baseball player Whitey Glazner.[7]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1930631—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

Incorporated under the name of Sycamore Mills in 1924, it appeared only once on census rolls in 1930. Presumably, it either disincorporated or lost its charter sometimes in the 1930s.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Sycamore". 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 7, 2013.
  4. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  5. ^ "CONTENTdm".
  6. ^ "Robert Russa Moton High School in Sycamore, Alabama".
  7. ^ "Whitey Glazner". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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