Maylene, Alabama
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Maylene 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
Shelby County, Alabama Shelby County is a County (United States), county located in the Central Alabama, central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 223,024, making it the List of counties in Ala ...
, United States. While the community was once unincorporated, it is now part of southern
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. Maylene has a
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with ZIP code 35114. One site in Maylene, the Meredith-McLaughlin House (McLaughlin Farm), is listed on the
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage (ARLH), commonly referred to as the Alabama Register, is an official listing of buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts deemed worthy of preservation in the U.S. state of Alabama. These pr ...
.


Notable people

* Dave Mader III,
stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...
driver * Al Veach, former
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for the
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References

Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama Neighborhoods in Alabama {{ShelbyCountyAL-geo-stub