Roxana, Alabama

Roxana, also known as Rock Springs, /rɒksænə/ is an unincorporated community northwesterly located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It lies seven miles (12 km) north of Notasulga and five miles (8 km) southwest of Waverly. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.

Roxana, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Roxana United Methodist Church
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Coordinates: 32°41′13″N 85°40′09″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lee
Elevation	738 ft (225 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	125999[1]

History

Roxana was originally named Rock Springs. Since there was already a Rock Springs post office registered in Alabama, Samuel A. Burns, the first postmaster, devised a new name. He combined "rocks" and "Anna", the name of his wife, to come up with Roxana.^[2] A post office operated under the name Roxana from 1882 to 1908.^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roxana, Alabama
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2015.