Foshee, Alabama facts for kids
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Foshee, Alabama
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Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Escambia |
Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 251 |
GNIS feature ID | 156369 |
Foshee is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States between Brewton and Pollard on U.S. Route 29. Foshee was founded as a sawmill town and named after Stewart J. Foshee, who owned several sawmills in Escambia County. Russell A. Alger and Martin Sullivan founded the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company in the late 1890s and began logging around Foshee. They used lumber from the mill to build a new sawmill in Florida, which eventually grew into the town of Century. A post office was operated in Foshee from 1914 to 1924.
Notable person
- Ed Morris, a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1922 to 1931.
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