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Marvyn, also spelled Marvin, is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
located in southern Lee County,
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, United States. It sits at the crossroads of Alabama Highway 51 and
U.S. Highway 80 U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) is a major east–west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the rou ...
, and in the Lee County "
panhandle A salient (also known as a panhandle or bootheel) is an elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state. While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on ...
" between Russell County and Macon County. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.


History

Marvyn was originally located in Russell County, but was granted to Lee County in 1923 in exchange for
Phenix City Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817. Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee ...
. A
soil series Soil series as established by the National Cooperative Soil Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service are a level of classification in the USDA Soil Taxonomy classification system hierar ...
is named after Marvyn, as it was first described in the area. The Marvyn soil series is described as a "fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults.


Geography

Marvyn is located at the junction of U.S. Route 80 and Alabama State Route 51 in the southern part of the county. Via US-80,
Phenix City Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817. Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee ...
is 22 mi (35 km) east, and Tuskegee is 22 mi (35 km) west. Via AL-51,
Opelika Opelika (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is ...
, the county seat of Lee County, is 15 mi (24 km) north, and Hurtsboro is 15 mi (24 km) south.


Demographics

Marvyn appeared on the U.S. Census in 1880 with a population of 241 residents. At the time it was located in Russell County. This was the only time it was listed on the census rolls as a separate community.


References

*Barnes, Margaret Anne (1998). ''The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama''. Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press.


External links


Marvyn soil series
Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Alabama Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia {{Short description, Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States