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Dixons Mills, Alabama

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Dixon Mills appeared on the 1870 U.S. Census, having 120 residents. Of that 120, 80 were black and 40 were white. This was the only time the community appeared on census rolls.
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bridge over Mill Creek now stands at the location. Dixon (January 11, 1777 – December 23, 1861), a native of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixons Mills Post Office
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixons Mills
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at a dam that he and his sons built on Mill Creek along the old
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Beginning in the late 1820s, Joel B. Dixon, Sr. operated a
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Unincorporated communities in Marengo County, Alabama
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Unincorporated community
Dixons Mills Methodist Church
Dixons Mills is located in Alabama
Dixons Mills is located in the United States
32°3′29.02″N 87°47′15″W / 32.0580611°N 87.78750°W / 32.0580611; -87.78750
Country
State
Alabama
County
Marengo
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
334
unincorporated community
Marengo County
Alabama
post office
ZIP code
1870
water-powered
gristmill
Linden
Choctaw Corner
U.S. Route 43
Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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