Barnes, also known as Barnes Cross Roads or Burns, 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 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 ...

, United States. Barnes is located on Alabama State Route 123, south-southeast of Ariton.

History

A post office operated under the name Barnes Cross Roads from 1844 to 1895. Company B (known as "The Dale County Grays") of the

33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry The 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry unit from Alabama that served in the Confederate States Army during the U.S. Civil War. Recruited from the southeastern counties of Butler County, Alabama, Butler, Dale County, Alabama, Dale, C ...

was partially made up of men from Barnes. A portion of the

15th Regiment Alabama Infantry The 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment was a Confederate States Army, Confederate volunteer infantry unit from the state of Alabama during the American Civil War. Recruited from six counties in the southeastern part of the state, it fought mostly ...

also came from Barnes.

References

Unincorporated communities in Dale County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{DaleCountyAL-geo-stub