Mount Meigs, Alabama facts for kids
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Mount Meigs, Alabama
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 Mount Meigs, Alabama
Location in Alabama
Mount Meigs, Alabama
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Montgomery |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Mount Meigs (also Evansville or Mount Pleasant) is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in the state of Alabama. The Mount Meigs Campus, a juvenile correctional facility and the headquarters of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, is in Mount Meigs. Mount Meigs is located at 32°21′46″N 86°6′7″W / 32.36278°N 86.10194°W.
History
The area's major export in the mid-19th century to 1940 was lumber. Cook Station and Mount Meigs Station were two main stations in the region. During World War II they switched to hauling gravel.
Demographics
In July, 2007 the Mount Meigs area population was 5,564.
Education
The Montgomery Public Schools district operates Georgia Washington Middle School in Mount Meigs.
In 1893 a woman named Georgia Washington, a former slave, arrived in Mount Meigs to start a school. By October of that year she opened a public school in her 12-foot (3.7 m) by 13-foot (4.0 m) rented cabin. It later moved to the Antioch Baptist Church. By February 1894 the residents bought a plot of land and built an 18-foot (5.5 m) by 36-foot (11 m) schoolhouse. By 1916 the Peoples Village School occupied a two-story schoolhouse. The current Georgia Washington School opened in 1950. Washington died in 1952, and the school occupying what was the Peoples Village School was renamed after her. In 1974 the school was converted into a middle school. A new wing at Washington Middle opened in 2004.
Notable residents
- J. Marion Sims, physician
- Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist; born in Mount Meigs
- Vernon H. Vaughan, Governor of Utah Territory; born in Mount Meigs
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Kilby Correctional Facility
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Georgia Washington Junior High School, now Pike Road High School
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Mount Meigs Post Office (ZIP Code: 36057)
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Mount Meigs Campus
