Zip City, Alabama
Zip City, Alabama | |
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  Zip City  Zip City | |
| Coordinates:34°57′17″N87°40′12″W/ 34.95472°N 87.67000°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alabama |
| County | Lauderdale |
| Elevation | 222 m (728 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6(CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5(CDT) |
| ZIP | 35633 |
| Area code(s) | 256 and 938 |
| GNISfeature ID | 129364[1] |
Zip Cityis a smallunincorporated communityinLauderdale Countyin the northern part of theU.S. stateofAlabama,at the intersection ofAlabama Highway 17and County Road 8. Zip City falls within the U.S.Central Time Zone.It is part of theFlorence-Muscle ShoalsMetropolitan Statistical Areaknown as "The Shoals".
History
[edit]The first non-indigenous settlement was made at Zip City in 1817.[2]Zip City received itsunusual namefrom the fact drivers would "zip" through town heading towards theTennesseestate line, where they could buy alcohol.[3]The name dates from the 1920s.[4]
In popular culture
[edit]Zip City, of late, has been popularized by theDrive-By Truckerssong of the same name. The song was penned by the Truckers' co-founder, Mike Cooley, (a longtime resident of the area) in 2001. The song appeared on the Truckers' 2001 release,Southern Rock Opera.
Said the band's other co-founder, Patterson Hood, of the song:
- "Cooley wrote this one and should be the one explaining it. I do know that it is at least 90% true and is my personal favorite song on the album."
While interviewing the band in 2002, David Dye of the radio program "The World Cafe"had this to say about the song:
- "People around the country call the radio stations that carry this show and say this Album (Southern Rock Opera) is their life, and "Zip City" is most certainly one I get that from. "[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^abcU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zip City, Alabama
- ^Gallant, Frank K. (2012).A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names.Courier Dover Publications. p. 6.
- ^"Unusual names have unusual origins".The Tuscaloosa News.September 4, 1990. pp. 6A.RetrievedMay 3,2015.
- ^"What's the origin of your town's name?".Times Daily.June 3, 2006. pp. 4A.RetrievedOctober 18,2015.
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