Skipperville 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
Dale County,
Alabama
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, United States. Skipperville is located on
Alabama State Route 105, northeast of
Ozark. Skipperville 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 36374, which opened on November 10, 1853.
This community also consists of G.W. Long School, which has won a 2a state championship for baseball in many previous years. This school also has other sports teams with state wide victories.
Demographics
Skipperville was listed on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community with a population of 85, but has not been listed on the census since.
Notable people
*
Gerard Bruggink, Dutch pilot
*Julian Tharpe, Hall of Fame pedal steel guitar player was born into a musical family in Skipperville in 1937. Tharpe expanded use of pedal steel to music genres besides Country.
References
Unincorporated communities in Dale County, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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