Abel, Alabama
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Location of Abel in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Cleburne County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 33 ′ N , 85 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 295 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 256,938 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-00148 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 159044 | ||
Abel is an unincorporated community in Cleburne County , Alabama, United States .
geography
Abel is located in the east of the state of Alabama in the southern United States. It is located in the middle of the approximately 1.6 million square kilometers Talladega National Forest .
Nearby locations include Oxford (6 km northwest) Hollis Crossroads (6 km southeast), Heflin (10 km northeast) and Hobson City (12 km northwest). The next big city is Birmingham, about 80 kilometers to the west, with around 212,000 inhabitants .
history
The place was named after the biblical figure Abel , the second son of Adam and Eve .
In 1889 a post office was opened in Abel, which remained in operation until 1907.
traffic
The location is on Alabama State Route 281 , which connects to US Highway 431 about 4 km northeast and Interstate 20 7 km north .