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.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 460 feet (140 metres)
- Description: human settlement in Shelby County, Alabama, United States of America
- Also known as“Nelson, AL”“Nelson, Alabama”
Villages in the Area
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Columbiana
Columbiana is a city and the county seat of Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
3 miles southwest of Nelson
Wilsonville
Wilsonville is a town in southeastern…
6 miles east of Nelson
Nelson
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Latitude
33.21539° or 33° 12′ 55″ north
Longitude
-86.58109° or 86° 34′ 52″ west
Open location code
865M6C89+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Nelson” goes by many names.
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