Duncanville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Tuscaloosa County is a county in the northwest-central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama and is the center of commerce, education, industry, health care, and entertainment for the region.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 227,036, ...
, United States. Duncanville is located along
U.S. Route 82, southeast of
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal Plain, Gulf Coastal and Piedmont (United States), Piedm ...
. Duncanville has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 35456, which opened on August 22, 1898.
Duncanville was named in honor of either William M. Duncan, a local property owner, or W. Butler Duncan, an official with the
Gulf, Mobile, and Northern Railroad.
References
Unincorporated communities in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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