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Riderwood, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

32°07′44″N 88°19′40″W / 32.12889°N 88.32778°W / 32.12889; -88.32778CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyChoctawElevation

213 ft (65 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code(s)205 and 659GNIS feature ID125626^[1]

Riderwood is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.

History

Riderwood is named after J. B. Rider, who was the president of the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company.^[2] Riderwood was founded by the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company and was located on the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad. Riderwood was formerly an incorporated town.^[3] It was also home to a company store, theater, and hotel.^[4]

The Alabama Department of Public Health carried out malaria control operations in Riderwood beginning in 1918.^[5]

A post office operated under the name Riderwood from 1916 to 1974.^[6]

The Riderwood Union Church was built by the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company for its workers and is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.^[7]

References

^ "Riderwood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History (1920). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company. p. 248.
^ Sandra Jenkins Little (2017). Choctaw County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4671-2693-9.
^ Alabama State Board of Health (1922). Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Alabama. pp. 92–3.
^ "Choctaw County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ "Riderwood Union Church" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2020.