Cochrane 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 Pickens 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.

History

Cochrane is named for John T. Cochrane, the founder of

Aliceville, Alabama Aliceville is a city in Pickens County, Alabama, Pickens County, Alabama, United States, located thirty-six miles west of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuscaloosa. At the 2010 United States census, 2010 census its population was 2,486, down from 2,567 ...

. Cochrane served as the superintendent of the Tuscaloosa Belt Line, which was part of the

Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad was a short line railroad which operated in the state of Alabama. The company grew from an acquisition of an existing logging railroad in 1897, and merged with the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ( ...

. A post office operated under the name Cochrane from 1907 to 1972. The John T. Milner Bridge, located in Cochrane, was the first toll bridge in Alabama to be officially dedicated.

References

Unincorporated communities in Pickens County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{PickensCountyAL-geo-stub