Nelson
Nelson, also known as Nelson Switch, or Cates Crossing, is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. Nelson is located at the crossing of Alabama State Route 25 and the Norfolk Southern Railway, between Columbiana and Wilsonville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Shelby County, Alabama, United States of America
- Also known as: “Nelson, AL” and “Nelson, Alabama”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Columbiana and Wilsonville.
Columbiana
Village
Photo: SaveRivers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Columbiana is a city and the county seat of Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,462. Columbiana is situated 3 miles southwest of Nelson.
Wilsonville
Village
Wilsonville is a town in southeastern Shelby County, Alabama, United States, located northeast of Columbiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,857. Wilsonville is situated 6 miles east of Nelson.
Nelson
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Shelby, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.21539° or 33° 12′ 55″ northLongitude
-86.58109° or 86° 34′ 52″ westElevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
865M6C89+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 153597016OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Nelson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “納爾遜”
- French: “Nelson”
- Persian: “نلسون، آلاباما”
- Persian: “نلسون”
- South Azerbaijani: “نلسون، آلاباما”
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