Tennille, also spelled as Tennile 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 ...

Pike County, Alabama Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 33,009. Its county seat is Troy. Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, who led an expedition to southern Colorado and ...

. It is located 17 miles southeast of

Troy, Alabama Troy is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, Alabama, United States. It was formally incorporated on February 4, 1843. Between 1763 and 1783, the area where Troy sits was part of the colony of British West Florida.The Economy of Bri ...

History

Tennille is named for St. Clair Tennille, a railroad promoter from Troy. A grist mill operated in Tennille in 1886. Tennille was incorporated in 1901 and disincorporated at a later date. A post office was established as Tennile in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958.

Geography

Tennille is just over one mile north of the

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, which separates Pike County from Dale County.

References

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