Coleanor, Alabama

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Coleanor, Alabama |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_seal = |image_map = |pushpin_map = Alabama#USA |pushpin_label_position =  |pushpin_map_caption =Location within the state of Alabama |pushpin_mapsize =250 |coor_pinpoint = |coordinates = {{coord|33|05|44|N|87|02|09|W|display=inline, title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_name1 = Alabama |subdivision_name2 = Bibb |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |elevation_ft = 489 |elevation_m = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_metro = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = |area_codes = 205, 659 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 156200<ref>{{cite gnis|156200|Coleanor}}</ref> |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |footnotes = |website = }} '''Coleanor''', also known as '''Coal-Eleanor''', is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.

==History== The mine at Coleanor was originally known as the Upper Thompson Mine.<ref>{{cite book |last=Armes |first=Ethel |date=1972 |title=The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama |location=Birmingham |publisher=The Book-Keepers Press |pages=151 }}</ref> The Blocton-Cahaba Coal Company operated a coal mine at Coleanor.<ref name="Alabama1924">{{cite book|author=Geological Survey of Alabama|title=Bulletin - Geological Survey of Alabama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfJ4k2__jDgC&pg=PA48|year=1924|publisher=Geological Survey of Alabama|pages=48}}</ref> Combined with nearby Piper, the two towns had a combined population of nearly 2,500.<ref>{{cite web |title=Piper/Coleanor |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83225 |website=The Historical Marker Database |publisher=HMDB.org |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> Coleanor was connected by rail to Piper and was located on the Southern Railway.<ref name="Ellison1999">{{cite book|author=Rhoda C. Ellison|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AAe6BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|date=17 February 1999|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0987-9|pages=177}}</ref> The Coleanor Mine was closed after World War II.

In February 1934, members of the United Mine Workers called a strike at the Coleanor mine.<ref name="Day2013">{{cite book|author=James Sanders Day|title=Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SpsuWXE4Y5sC&pg=PR11|date=24 June 2013|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-1794-2|page=133}}</ref> Alabama National Guard troops were called in to Coleanor on February 25 to restore order.<ref name="Administration1936">{{cite book|author=United States. National Recovery Administration|title=Work Materials ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xanmAMVHQlsC&pg=PA185|year=1936|publisher=The Administration|pages=185}}</ref>

Twelve different miners died working in the mines of Coleanor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alabama Coal Mine Fatalities, 1898-1938 |url=http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/formProc/coalmine?title=coalmine&lastname=&search_lastname_parameter=starts&firstname=&search_firstname_parameter=starts&year=&report=&mine=147&race=&cause=&occupation= |publisher=Birmingham Public Library |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>

A post office operated under the name Coleanor from 1901 to 1942.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Bibb | title=Bibb County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bibb County, Alabama Category:Unincorporated communities in Alabama