Echo, Alabama

Echo, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Echo
Coordinates: 31°28′33″N 85°27′57″W / 31.47583°N 85.46583°WCoordinates: 31°28′33″N 85°27′57″W / 31.47583°N 85.46583°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Dale
Elevation	453 ft (138 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	117842[1]

Echo, also known as Marshalls Cross Roads, is an unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama, United States. Echo is located on Alabama State Route 27, 10.4 miles (16.7 km) east of Ozark.

History

Traditional explanation holds the community was named when early settlers were constructing a log cabin and heard an echo as two logs hit each other.^[2] A post office operated under the name Echo from 1851 to 1904.^[3]

Company B (known as "The Dale County Grays") of the 33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry was partially made up of men from Echo.^[4] A portion of the 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry also came from Echo.^[5]

Demographics

Echo was listed on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community with a population of 123.

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	123		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

1. "Echo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Dale County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
4. Tait, Terri. "33rd Alabama Co. B". usgennet.org. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
5. James P. Faust (29 October 2014). The Fighting Fifteenth Alabama Infantry: A Civil War History and Roster. McFarland. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-7864-9612-9.
6. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.