Fackler, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Fackler is located in Alabama
Fackler
Fackler
Fackler is located in the United States
Fackler
Fackler
Coordinates: 34°47′33″N 85°54′36″W / 34.79250°N 85.91000°W / 34.79250; -85.91000
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyJackson
Elevation
610 ft (186 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35746
Area code256
GNIS feature ID118100[1]

Fackler, also known as Flackler, Facler, or Fackler's Station, is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. Fackler is located on the former Memphis and Charleston Railroad,[2] and its post office was established in 1869.[3] During the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War, the 90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment was based out of Fackler.[4] Phillip Hamman, known as "The Savior of Greenbrier", was formerly buried near Fackler, on the grounds of his plantation home at Hammon Hollow in Inglis-Middleton Cemetery. (Hammon is another popular spelling of his name.)

References

  1. ↑ "Fackler". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Riley, Benjamin Franklin (1888). Alabama as it Is; Or, The Immigrant's and Capitalist's Guide Book to Alabama ... - Benjamin Franklin Riley - Google Books. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama - Virginia O. Foscue - Google Books. ISBN 9780817304102. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ Swan, James B. (March 18, 2009). Chicago's Irish Legion: The 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War - James B. Swan - Google Books. ISBN 9780809328901. Retrieved August 2, 2014.


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