Echo, also known as Marshalls Cross Roads, is an

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in Dale County,

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, United States. Echo is located on

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, east of

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History

Traditional explanation holds the community was named when early settlers were constructing a log cabin and heard an echo as two logs hit each other. A post office operated under the name Echo from 1851 to 1904. Company B (known as "The Dale County Grays") of the

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

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also came from Echo.

Demographics

Echo was listed on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community with a population of 123.

References

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