Tibbie, Alabama
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
31°21′44″N 88°14′55″W / 31.36222°N 88.24861°W / 31.36222; -88.24861[1]
(2020)
Tibbie is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Washington County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 41 as of the 2010 census.[3]
The Red Alabama Blackmouth Cur is thought to have originated in the area around Tibbie in the 1940s.[4]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 55 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] |
History
The name Tibbie comes from a shortened form of the Choctaw word "oakibbeha". Oakibbeha means "blocks of ice therein," with okti meaning "ice" and the plural form abeha meaning "to be in".[6]
A post office first began operations under the name Tibbie in 1910.[7]
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "Tibbie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ Howard, Steve. "Sand Ridge Kennels". Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 137. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
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Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Chatom
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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