Eddy 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 Marshall County,

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, United States. Eddy was most likely named for a local resident. A post office operated under the name Eddy from 1894 to 1907.

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Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{MarshallCountyAL-geo-stub