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Escatawpa, Alabama
Flooded railroad bridge on May 7, 1909 in Escatawpa
Flooded railroad bridge on May 7, 1909 in Escatawpa
Escatawpa, Alabama is located in Alabama
Escatawpa, Alabama
Escatawpa, Alabama
Location in Alabama
Country United States
State Alabama
County Washington
Elevation
171 ft (52 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID 118025

Escatawpa is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community was named after the Escatawpa River. In the Choctaw language, the word "escatawpa" signified a creek where cane was cut, with uski meaning "cane", a meaning "there", and tapa meaning "cut". Escatawpa was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. A post office operated under the name Escatawpa from 1858 to 1953.

In 1909, a traveler from Urbana, Illinois wrote the Champaign-Urbana Courier advising citizens of Urbana to move to the region. He described the area as "a great fruit and vegetable country" and that "fine yellow pine trees are plentiful and cypress trees abound".

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