Manistee, Alabama

Manistee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Manistee, Alabama Manistee, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°WCoordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W / 31.44111°N 87.49444°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Monroe
Elevation	167 ft (51 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	251
GNIS feature ID	156652[1]

Manistee is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.^[1] Manistee was a logging town, and was home to the Manistee Mill Company, Bear Creek Mill Company and Runyan-Burgoyne Lumber Company. The Manistee Mill Company built a spur track to connect the saw mills of Manistee with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Repton and named it the Manistee & Repton Railway. The railway began operations in 1907 and remained in use until the 1970s, operating over 45 miles of track.^[2] Amasa Coleman Lee, father of Harper Lee, served as financial manager for a Monroeville law firm's interests in the Manistee & Repton Railway.^[3] A post office was operated in Manistee from 1892 to 1912.^[4]

Notable person

• Albert S. Herlong, Jr., a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1949 to 1967.^[5]

Notes

1. "Manistee, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "Alabama Logging Railroads". American-rails.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
3. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
4. "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
5. "HERLONG, Albert Sydney, Jr. - Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-19.