Aberfoil 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
Bullock County
Bullock County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,357. Union Springs was chosen as the county seat in 1867, and presently is the county's only incorporated city. The county was named for Con ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
. The main roads through the community are
U.S. Route 29
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and
Alabama State Route 239.
History
A post office was established at Aberfoil in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. A scene of the novel ''
Rob Roy'' set in
Aberfoyle Aberfoyle may refer to:
* Aberfoyle, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
*Aberfoyle, Stirling
Aberfoyle () is a village in the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The settlement li ...
,
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
, likely inspired the naming.
Demographics
According to the census returns from 1850-2010 for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census.
References
Unincorporated communities in Bullock County, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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