Sixmile, also spelled Six Mile, 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 ...

Bibb County, Alabama Bibb County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. The county is a part of the Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is included in the ARC's definition of Appalachia. As of the 24th decennial 2020 ce ...

, United States.

History

The community is named for Sixmile Creek and was once home to the Sixmile Academy and a

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. A newspaper, the ''Bibb Blade'', began printing in 1879 in Sixmile. A post office operated under the name Sixmile from 1857 to 1909.

Geography

Sixmile is located at and has an elevation of .

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Bibb County, Alabama {{BibbCountyAL-geo-stub