Marvyn, Alabama

Marvyn
Unincorporated community
Marvyn's abandoned service station located at the intersection of Alabama Highway 51 and U.S. Highway 80.
Marvyn Show map of Alabama Marvyn Show map of the US Location within the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 32°26′21″N 85°21′51″W / 32.43917°N 85.36417°W / 32.43917; -85.36417Coordinates: 32°26′21″N 85°21′51″W / 32.43917°N 85.36417°W / 32.43917; -85.36417
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lee
Elevation	499 ft (152 m)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-6)
GNIS feature ID	122351^[1]

Marvyn, also spelled Marvin, is an unincorporated community southerly located in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It sits at the crossroads of Alabama Highway 51 and U.S. Highway 80, and in the Lee County "panhandle" between Russell County and Macon County. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area.

History

Marvyn was originally located in Russell County, but was granted to Lee County in 1923 in exchange for Phenix City. A soil series is named after Marvyn, as it was first described in the area. The Marvyn soil series is described as a "fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1880	241	—
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

Marvyn appeared on the U.S. Census in 1880 with a population of 241 residents. At the time it was located in Russell County. This was the only time it was listed on the census rolls as a separate community.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marvyn, Alabama
↑ Claude E. Boyd (31 July 1995). Bottom Soils, Sediment, and Pond Aquaculture. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-412-06941-3.
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

Barnes, Margaret Anne (1998). The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama. Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press. ISBN 0-86554-613-4

External links

Marvyn soil series

Municipalities and communities of Lee County, Alabama, United States

County seat: Opelika

Cities	Auburn Opelika Phenix City‡ Smiths Station

Towns	Loachapoka Notasulga‡ Waverly‡

Unincorporated communities	Beauregard Bee Hive Beulah Chewacla Gold Hill Hopewell Marvyn Roxana Salem The Bottle

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Greater Columbus, Georgia

Central cities/Largest cities	Columbus Auburn	Location of the Columbus, Georgia-Auburn, Alabama CSA and its counties: Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area Auburn, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area Tuskegee, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area (defunct)

Cities in Georgia	Bibb City Buena Vista Cataula Columbus Cusseta Custer Terrace Fort Benning South Fortson Hamilton Hopewell Juniper Midland Mountain Hill Mulberry Grove Pine Mountain Rehobeth Ridgeway Shiloh Upatoi Waverly Hall West Point Whitesville

Cities in Alabama	Beauregard Bee Hive Beulah Cusseta Fort Mitchell Glenville Gold Hill Holy Trinity Hurtsboro Ladonia LaFayette Lanett Loachapoka Marvyn Notasulga Opelika Phenix City Roxana Salem Seale Smiths Station The Bottle Valley Waverly

Counties in Georgia	Chattahoochee Harris Marion Muscogee

Counties in Alabama	Chambers Lee Russell

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