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Beaver Mills, Alabama

Coordinates: 30°58′11″N 88°14′05″W / 30.96972°N 88.23472°W / 30.96972; -88.23472
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Beaver Mills
Beaver Mills is located in Alabama
Beaver Mills
Beaver
Mills
Beaver Mills is located in the United States
Beaver Mills
Beaver
Mills
Coordinates: 30°58′11″N 88°14′05″W / 30.96972°N 88.23472°W / 30.96972; -88.23472 
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMobile
Elevation
98 ft (30 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code251
GNIS ID149608[1]

Beaver Mills, also known as Beaver Meadow, is a ghost town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, near U.S. Route 45, south of Citronelle. It was the site of a paper mill that was also used as a uniform depot during the American Civil War.[2] A post office operated under the name Beaver Meadow from 1890 to 1906.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Beaver Mills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Beaver Mills". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  3. ^ "Mobile County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
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