Francis
Francis is a hamlet in Calhoun County, Alabama. Francis is situated nearby to the hamlet Ottery, as well as near Ragan Chapel.Places of Interest
Highlights include Janney Furnace Park.
Janney Furnace Park
Park
Photo: Dofftoubab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eli Henderson Park at Janney Furnace is a park surrounding a fifty-foot tall stone furnace in Ohatchee, Alabama, United States. The furnace was built in 1863 by Alfred Janney to produce pig iron due to the prevalence of iron ore in what is now the park. Janney Furnace Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Francis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ohatchee.
Ohatchee
Village
Ohatchee is a town in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,157. It is included in the Anniston–Oxford, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ohatchee is situated 2 miles east of Francis.
Francis
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Calhoun County, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.77482° or 33° 46′ 29″ northLongitude
-86.03358° or 86° 2′ 1″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)Open location code
865MQXF8+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153704183OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4063082
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