Piper, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 33°05′22″N 87°02′29″W / 33.08944°N 87.04139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Bibb |
Elevation | 509 ft (155 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
GNIS feature ID | 156903 [1] |
Piper is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.
Piper was named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, who founded the Little Cahaba Coal Company and was a business partner of Henry F. DeBardeleben. [2] The Little Cahaba Coal Company operated two mines at Piper. [3] Combined with nearby Coleanor, the two towns had a combined population of nearly 2,500. [4] Coal was shipped from Piper to Birmingham on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The last mine in Piper was closed in the 1950s. [5]
In February 1934, members of the United Mine Workers called a strike at the Piper mines. Governor Benjamin M. Miller called in the Alabama National Guard to maintain order. [6]
Six miners were killed in a mining accident in Piper on May 31, 1925. [7]
A post office operated under the name Piper from 1905 to 1955. [8]
Piper, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 33°05′22″N 87°02′29″W / 33.08944°N 87.04139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Bibb |
Elevation | 509 ft (155 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
GNIS feature ID | 156903 [1] |
Piper is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States.
Piper was named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, who founded the Little Cahaba Coal Company and was a business partner of Henry F. DeBardeleben. [2] The Little Cahaba Coal Company operated two mines at Piper. [3] Combined with nearby Coleanor, the two towns had a combined population of nearly 2,500. [4] Coal was shipped from Piper to Birmingham on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The last mine in Piper was closed in the 1950s. [5]
In February 1934, members of the United Mine Workers called a strike at the Piper mines. Governor Benjamin M. Miller called in the Alabama National Guard to maintain order. [6]
Six miners were killed in a mining accident in Piper on May 31, 1925. [7]
A post office operated under the name Piper from 1905 to 1955. [8]