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Cortelyou, Alabama

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to move the location one quarter mile south and change the name to Cortelyou. This change took effect on March 4, 1907. The community was called Richardson in honor of John Richardson, Jr., an early settler of the area. It was then called Cortelyou in honor of
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Cortelyou was originally known as Richardson Station, but the Alabama Railroad Commission was petitioned by Richardson's citizens and the
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Alabama
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Unincorporated community
Cortelyou, Alabama is located in Alabama
31°25′25″N 88°00′30″W / 31.42361°N 88.00833°W / 31.42361; -88.00833
Country
United States
State
Alabama
County
Washington
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
GNIS
unincorporated community
Washington County, Alabama
United States
Southern Railway
George B. Cortelyou
United States Postmaster General
"Cortelyou"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
ISBN
0-8173-0410-X
"Washington County"

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