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Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Fourmile, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Fourmile, Alabama is located in AlabamaFourmile, AlabamaFourmile, AlabamaShow map of AlabamaFourmile, Alabama is located in the United StatesFourmile, AlabamaFourmile, AlabamaShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 33°14′55″N 86°33′11″W / 33.24861°N 86.55306°W / 33.24861; -86.55306
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyShelby
Elevation463 ft (141 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID156374

Fourmile, also known as Redlawn, is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. Fourmile is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Columbiana and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Wilsonville. Some of the early settlers of Fourmile came from Lexington County and Newberry County, South Carolina.

Fourmile Baptist Church was founded on August 25, 1824, (under the name of Bethesda Baptist Church) and is the oldest continuously functioning church in the Shelby Baptist Association. The Shelby Baptist Association was founded at Bethesda Baptist Church in 1852. It is also one of the oldest existing churches of the Alabama Baptist Convention. One of the prominent early members of the church was John W. Teague, who was an early settler of Columbiana and the father of Eldred B. Teague. E. B. Teague lived on a farm in Fourmile, which he named Red Lawn. Fourmile was also the location of Blue Springs Methodist Church, which was founded in 1890. The church closed in 2004.

A post office was established under the name Redlawn in 1898, at the residence of Pickens Miner, who served as the first postmaster. The post office was in operation until 1904.

One site in Fourmile, Jackson's Fourmile Farm, is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.

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  • The former Blue Springs Methodist Church. The former Blue Springs Methodist Church.
  • Fourmile Baptist Church Fourmile Baptist Church

References

  1. ^ "Fourmile". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Sketches of the History of Shelby County" (PDF). Shelby County Historical Society. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  3. "Baptists celebrate 150th anniversary". Shelby County Reporter. October 29, 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  4. "Fourmile Baptist Church celebrates 188th homecoming". Shelby County Reporter. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  5. "Early History of Columbiana". Rootsweb.ancestry.com. November 24, 1902. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  6. Cathcart, William (1883). The Baptist Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of the Doctrines, Ordinances ... of ... - William Cathcart - Google Books. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  7. "Tidbits of the Past in Shelby County". Shelby County Historical Society. Shelby County Historical Society. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  8. "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  9. "Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". Alabama Historical Commission. www.preserveala.org. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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