Marvyn, also spelled Marvin, 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 ...
located in southern
Lee County,
Alabama
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, United States. It sits at the crossroads of
Alabama Highway 51 and
U.S. Highway 80, and in the Lee County "
panhandle" between
Russell County and
Macon County. It is part of the
Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.
History
Marvyn was originally located in
Russell County, but was granted to Lee County in 1923 in exchange for
Phenix City. A
soil series is named after Marvyn, as it was first described in the area. The Marvyn soil series is described as a "fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic
Typic Hapludults.
Geography
Marvyn is located at the junction of U.S. Route 80 and Alabama State Route 51 in the southern part of the county. Via US-80,
Phenix City is east, and
Tuskegee is west. Via AL-51,
Opelika, the county seat of Lee County, is north, and
Hurtsboro is south.
Demographics
Marvyn appeared on the U.S. Census in 1880 with a population of 241 residents. At the time it was located in Russell County. This was the only time it was listed on the census rolls as a separate community.
References
*Barnes, Margaret Anne (1998). ''The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama''. Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press.
External links
Marvyn soil series
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Alabama
Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia
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