Coy, Alabama
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Location in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Wilcox County | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 54 ′ N , 87 ° 28 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 29 m | ||
| Postal code : | 36435 | ||
| Area code : | +1 334 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-18136 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0156222 | ||
Coy is a civil parish in Wilcox County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Coy is located in southwest Alabama in the southern United States. The area is about 3.5 km south of the 502 km long Alabama River , which merges into the Mobile River in the south and finally flows into the Mobile Bay and Gulf of Mexico .
Nearby locations include Yellow Bluff (8 km north), Lower Peach Tree (10 km southwest), Hybart (10 km southeast) and Vredenburgh (14 km southeast).
Camden Municipal Airport is 15 kilometers northeast, and Grove Hill Municipal Airport is 35 kilometers southwest .
history
In 1832 the Dry Fork Plantation was established, which is now one of many historic plantations in the area. The post office was opened in 1891.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dry Fork Plantation, 1939 in the Encyclopedia of Alabama , accessed on February 13, 2019
- ↑ Place Names in Alabama , University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 42 ( on Google Books )