Pull Tight, Alabama
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
34°01′16″N 87°47′05″W / 34.02111°N 87.78472°W / 34.02111; -87.78472Pull Tight is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Alabama, United States.[1]
It is unclear why the name "Pull Tight" was applied to this community. The name may be commendatory, as local residents "pull tight" (i.e. helped one another).[2] Pull Tight has been frequently noted on lists of unusual place names.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pull Tight, Alabama
- ^ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8173-0410-2.
- ^ Duncan, Andy (2005). Alabama Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. pp. xii. ISBN 9780762730889.
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Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Hamilton
- Guin
- Haleyville‡
- Hamilton
- Winfield‡
communities
- Barnesville
- Bexar
- Byrd
- Pigeye
- Pull Tight
- Shottsville
- South Haleyville
- Texas
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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