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The Red Alabama [[Blackmouth Cur]] is thought to have originated in the area around Tibbie in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Howard|first1=Steve|title=Sand Ridge Kennels|url=http://www.blackmouthcur.com/sandridge_kennel.htm|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> |
The Red Alabama [[Blackmouth Cur]] is thought to have originated in the area around Tibbie in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Howard|first1=Steve|title=Sand Ridge Kennels|url=http://www.blackmouthcur.com/sandridge_kennel.htm|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:43, 16 October 2019
Tibbie, Alabama | |
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 Location of Tibbie in Washington County, Alabama. | |
  Tibbie, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 31°21′44″N 88°14′55″W / 31.36222°N 88.24861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Washington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.77 sq mi (4.58 km2) |
| • Land | 1.75 sq mi (4.53 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 226 ft (69 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,980 |
| • Estimate (2016)[3] | N/A |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 251 |
| GNIS feature ID | 127959[4] |
Tibbie is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 41 as of the 2010 census.[2]
The Red Alabama Blackmouth Cur is thought to have originated in the area around Tibbie in the 1940s.[5]
History
The name Tibbie comes from a shortened form of the Choctaw word "oakibbeha". Oakibbeha means "blocks of ice therein," with okti meaning "ice" and the plural form abeha meaning "to be in".[6]
A post office first began operations under the name Tibbie in 1910.[7]
References
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "Tibbie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Howard, Steve. "Sand Ridge Kennels". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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