Riderwood, Alabama

Riderwood, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°07′44″N 88°19′40″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Choctaw
Elevation	213 ft (65 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	205 and 659
GNIS feature ID	125626[1]

Riderwood is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.

History

Riderwood is named after J. B. Rider, who was the president of the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company.[2] Riderwood was founded by the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company and was located on the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad. Riderwood was formerly an incorporated town.[3] It was also home to a company store, theater, and hotel.[4]

The Alabama Department of Public Health carried out malaria control operations in Riderwood beginning in 1918.[5]

A post office operated under the name Riderwood from 1916 to 1974.[6]

The Riderwood Union Church was built by the E. E. Jackson Lumber Company for its workers and is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.[7]

References

1. "Riderwood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History (1920). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company. p. 248.
4. Sandra Jenkins Little (2017). Choctaw County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4671-2693-9.
5. Alabama State Board of Health (1922). Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Alabama. pp. 92–3.
6. "Choctaw County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
7. "Riderwood Union Church" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2020.