Mount Sterling, Alabama

Mount Sterling, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Mount Sterling, Alabama Mount Sterling, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 32°5′37″N 88°9′47″W / 32.09361°N 88.16306°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Choctaw
Elevation	164 ft (50 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	205

Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.^[1] Mount Sterling was once a prosperous antebellum community, with an economy based on cotton and timber, but today little is left other than a few scattered houses. One church building, the Mount Sterling Methodist Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2][3]

Mount Sterling's population as an unincorporated community was listed as 126 at the 1880 U.S. Census, the only time a figure was returned.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	126		—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Geography

Mount Sterling is located at 32°05′38″N 88°09′47″W / 32.09375°N 88.16307°WCoordinates: 32°05′38″N 88°09′47″W / 32.09375°N 88.16307°W and has an elevation of 164 feet (50 m).^[1]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sterling, Alabama
2. Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
3. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.