Belle Mina, Alabama

Belle Mina, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°39′24″N 86°52′45″W / 34.65667°N 86.87917°W / 34.65667; -86.87917
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Limestone
Elevation	600 ft (183 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	35756
Area code(s)	256
GNIS feature ID	151675^[1]

Belle Mina is an unincorporated community in southeastern Limestone County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community of Belle Mina was named for the plantation of the same name that belonged to Governor Thomas Bibb, the second governor of the state of Alabama. It was originally called "Belle Manor", but because of southern pronunciation, the spelling changed over time. The name is derived from the French word "belle", meaning "beautiful". The plantation was situated along the Southern Railroad, and there was a station at or near the plantation. A post office was established in Belle Mina in 1878.^[2] The community served as the rail stop for Mooresville.

References

↑ "Belle Mina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. University: U of Alabama Press, 1989.

Municipalities and communities of Limestone County, Alabama, United States

County seat: Athens

Cities	Athens Decatur‡ Huntsville‡ Madison‡

Towns	Ardmore Elkmont Lester Mooresville

Unincorporated communities	Belle Mina Capshaw Coxey Good Springs Greenbrier Holland Gin Oakland (near Athens) Oakland (near Madison) Scarce Grease Tanner Thach Veto

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Communities of the Huntsville-Decatur Area

Population over 100,000	Huntsville

Population over 50,000	Decatur

Population over 20,000	Albertville Athens Madison

Population over 10,000	Hartselle

Population over 5,000	Harvest Moores Mill Meridianville

Population over 2,000	Hazel Green Moulton New Hope Priceville Redstone Arsenal

Population over 1,000	Ardmore Falkville New Market Owens Cross Roads Town Creek Trinity

Population over 500	Courtland Gurley Hillsboro North Courtland

Population over 200	Elkmont Eva Hytop Somerville Triana

Population under 200	Lester Mooresville

Unincorporated areas	Belle Mina Caddo Danville Hulaco Lacey's Spring Meridianville Morgan City Moulton Heights Neel New Market Tanner Toney

Counties	Lawrence Limestone Madison Morgan

Coordinates: 34°39′16″N 86°52′46″W / 34.6544°N 86.8794°W / 34.6544; -86.8794

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