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Ino, Alabama

Coordinates: 31°16′17″N 86°05′41″W / 31.27139°N 86.09472°W / 31.27139; -86.09472
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Ino, Alabama
Ino, Alabama is located in Alabama
Ino, Alabama
Ino, Alabama
Ino, Alabama is located in the United States
Ino, Alabama
Ino, Alabama
Coordinates: 31°16′17″N 86°05′41″W / 31.27139°N 86.09472°W / 31.27139; -86.09472
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCoffee
Elevation
312 ft (95 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334

Ino is an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama, United States.[1]

History

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Local tradition holds that the first postmaster assembled a group of people to suggest a name. All were talking at the same time, and one person kept saying "I know." The group proposed to call the post office "I know", but spell it Ino.[2][3] The post office was established in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ino, Alabama
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ "Towns have unusual beginning". Cherokee County Herald. February 22, 1989. pp. 7B. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "Coffee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 7, 2014.