Wenonah
The Wenonah community was the name of one of a series of Red Mountain ore mining camps for employees of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: community of ore mining camps near Birmingham, Alabama
- Also known as: “Fossil” and “Wenonah, Alabama”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midfield and Lipscomb.
Midfield
Village
Midfield is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, located two miles south of the Birmingham suburb of Fairfield. It incorporated in 1953. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,211. Midfield is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wenonah.
Lipscomb
Village
Lipscomb is a city in south central Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code. Lipscomb is situated 2 miles southwest of Wenonah.
Shannon
Hamlet
Shannon is a small unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, between Birmingham and northwest Hoover named after John James Shannon, a mine operator. A post office first opened under the name Shannon in 1915. Shannon is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wenonah.
Wenonah
- Categories: mine, iron mine, and locality
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.43955° or 33° 26′ 22″ northLongitude
-86.8961° or 86° 53′ 46″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
865MC4Q3+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153604929OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Wenonah” goes by many names.
- French: “Wenonah (Alabama)”
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