Bolivar
Bolivar, also known as Widows, is an unincorporated community in northern Jackson County, Alabama, United States. It is located on Alabama State Route 277, halfway between Bridgeport and Stevenson.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
- Also known as: “Bolivar, AL”, “Bolivar, Alabama”, and “Widows”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stevenson Airport and Widows Creek Fossil Plant.
Stevenson Airport
Aerodrome
Stevenson Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Stevenson, a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Stevenson Airport is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bolivar.
Widows Creek Fossil Plant
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Widows Creek Fossil Plant was a 1.6-gigawatt coal power plant, 4.8 miles east of Stevenson, Alabama, USA. The plant, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, generated about nine billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. Widows Creek Fossil Plant is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bolivar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgeport and Stevenson.
Bridgeport
Village
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.
Bridgeport is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. At the time of 2020 census the population was 2,264, down from 2,418 in 2010. Bridgeport is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. Bridgeport is situated 4 miles northeast of Bolivar.
Stevenson
Village
Stevenson is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. Stevenson is situated 5 miles southwest of Bolivar.
Bolivar
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Jackson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.91342° or 34° 54′ 48″ northLongitude
-85.77497° or 85° 46′ 30″ westElevation
623 feet (190 metres)Open location code
866PW67G+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 153473908OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Bolivar” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “玻利瓦爾”
- French: “Bolivar”
- Korean: “볼리바”
- Persian: “بولیوار، آلاباما”
- Persian: “بولیوار”
- South Azerbaijani: “بولیوار، آلاباما”
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