Buhl, Alabama
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Location in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Tuscaloosa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 15 ′ N , 87 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 82 m | ||
| Postal code : | 35446 | ||
| Area code : | +1 205 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-10600 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0115168 | ||
Buhl is a parish in Tuscaloosa County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Buhl is located in western Alabama in the southern United States, about 50 kilometers east of the Mississippi border .
Nearby places include Elrod (3 km west), Coker (5 km east), Northport (8 km east), Tuscaloosa (9 km southeast) and Gordo (14 km northwest). The next larger city with 212,000 inhabitants is about 80 kilometers northeast of Birmingham .
history
The place was named after a Mr. Buhl, who was an employee of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad , which in 1898 built a railway line through what is now the local area. Just two years later, in 1900, a post office was opened.
traffic
US Highway 82 and Alabama State Route 6 run one kilometer north of the village . They connect to US Highway 43 15 kilometers east . Interstate 20 runs 17 kilometers southeast .
About 13 kilometers east is the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport , 27 kilometers northwest also the North Pickens Airport .
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X , p. 25 ( on Google Books ).