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Montrose, Alabama

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Baldwin

ZIP code
  
36559

Elevation
  
31 m

State
  
Alabama

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Area code(s)
  
251

Local time
  
Saturday 2:17 AM

Montrose, Alabama

Weather
  
10°C, Wind N at 2 km/h, 88% Humidity

Montrose, also known as Sibley City, is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay.

Contents

Map of Montrose, AL 36532, USA

Montrose is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area. Montrose has two sites included on the National Register of Historic Places, the Henry Stuart House and the Montrose Historic District.

History

The community was originally known as Sibley City in honor of Cyrus Sibley, an early landowner in the area. The name was then changed to Montrose, in honor of Montrose, Scotland. A post office first opened under the name Montrose in 1879.

Notable people

  • Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944), electrical engineer and inventor credited with developing some of the first portable electric devices, such as the vehicle horn and hearing aid.
  • Eric Yelding, former Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs.
  • References

    Montrose, Alabama Wikipedia