Sylvan Grove, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

31°21′14″N 85°27′56″W / 31.35389°N 85.46556°W / 31.35389; -85.46556CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyDaleElevation

351 ft (107 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code334GNIS feature ID157138^[1]

Sylvan Grove, also spelled Sylvangrove, is an unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Sylvan Grove from 1858 to 1902.^[2]

A portion of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry came from Sylvan Grove.^[3]

Archibald Hill Carmichael, politician who represented Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from November 1933 to January 1937.^[4] He was the son of Jesse Malcolm Carmichael, who served as State Auditor of Alabama from 1880-1884 and 1905–1907, and moved to Sylvan Grove from Georgia at a young age.^[5]

^ "Sylvan Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Dale County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
^ James P. Faust (October 29, 2014). The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry: A Civil War History and Roster. McFarland. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-7864-9612-9.
^ Alabama Official and Statistical Register. State of Alabama, Department of Archives and History. 1907. pp. 93.
^ "Alabama Auditors: Jesse Malcolm Carmichael". Alabama Department of Archives and History. State of Alabama. Retrieved December 28, 2015.