Neel 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 western
Morgan 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. It is located south of
Decatur and west of
Hartselle at the
5-way stop intersection of Ironman Road, Danville Road, and Neel School Road. For statistical purposes, Neel is included within the
Decatur Metropolitan Area which is, in turn, part of the
Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. A post office operated under the name Neel from 1890 to 1906.
On November 29, 2016,
an EF3 tornado destroyed several homes and businesses in the Neel community.
References
Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Alabama
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