Nixburg, Alabama

Nixburg, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Nixburg, Alabama Nixburg, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°49′40″N 86°06′40″W / 32.82778°N 86.11111°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Coosa
Elevation	725 ft (221 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	256 & 938, 334
GNIS feature ID	156795[1]

Nixburg is an unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. Nixburg was established by 1850 by Solomon Robbins, who moved there from North Carolina, and was originally called Robbinsville. It was later renamed Nixburg in honor of the Nix family, who were early settlers of the area.^[2] Its post office was established in 1836 and closed in 1978.^[3] The Oakachoy Covered Bridge, which was formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, was located in Nixburg. The bridge was destroyed by vandals on June 2, 2001. The Old Shiloh Cemetery, also located in Nixburg, is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

Notable people

• Leven H. Ellis, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947
• William Garrett, former Alabama Speaker of the House, Alabama State Senator from 1863 to 1865, and member of the 1875 Alabama Constitutional Convention.^[4]

References

1. "Nixburg". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Coosa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
4. A Literary History of Alabama: The Nineteenth Century - Benjamin Buford Williams - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-09-19.