Mount Willing, Alabama

Mount Willing, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Mount Willing is located in Alabama
Mount Willing
Mount Willing
Mount Willing is located in the United States
Mount Willing
Mount Willing
Coordinates: 32°03′37″N 86°42′05″W / 32.06028°N 86.70139°W / 32.06028; -86.70139
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyLowndes
Elevation
302 ft (92 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID123417[1]

Mount Willing is located in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. It is a small crossroads community and birthplace of Navy Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer, who served as the Chief of Naval Operations from 1967 to 1970, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974.

It was also the birthplace of John Lee (1915–1977), a country blues guitarist, pianist, singer and songwriter.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890231—
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Mount Willing appears in multiple U.S. census records, including 1870 and 1880. Visit Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org to search these census records for free.

References

  1. ^ "Mount Willing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 233/4. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
  3. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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