Suspension, Alabama

Suspension, Alabama
Ghost town
Suspension, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°11′48″N 85°35′17″W / 32.19667°N 85.58806°W / 32.19667; -85.58806Coordinates: 32°11′48″N 85°35′17″W / 32.19667°N 85.58806°W / 32.19667; -85.58806
Country United States
State Alabama
County Bullock
Elevation 417 ft (127 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 157130[1]

Suspension is a ghost town in Bullock County, Alabama, United States.[1]

History

The settlement began as an ancient Muscogee village called "Chananagi".[2][3]

The name "Suspension" derives from the temporary suspension of railroad construction at the settlement. The Mobile and Girard Railroad incorporated in 1849 and began laying a track southwest from Phenix City, Alabama. By 1852-53, the grading of the railroad bed had been completed to Union Springs, located 9 mi (14 km) southwest of the settlement, however, by 1858 the laying of track had only been completed to a location known as "Stewarts Mill" because extensive excavations were required to complete the track from Stewarts Mill to Union Springs.[4][5] Because the track laying was temporarily suspended at Stewarts Mill, the location became known as "Suspension". The track was finally completed to Union Springs in 1859-60.[4]

Bullock County Road 40 crosses the now-abandoned railway at Suspension, though nothing remains of the settlement.

References

  1. 1 2 "Suspension". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Muskogee Indians". Accessgenealogy. Retrieved February 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Harris, Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. University of Alabama Press.
  4. 1 2 "The Mobile and Girard Railroad Explained". Union Springs Herald. March 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mobile & Girard Stations". Confederate Railroads. Retrieved February 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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