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Bullock-County-Alabama
Bullock County Alabama is a county of the state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,914. In 1867, Union Springs was chosen as the county seat. Its name is in honor of Colonel Edward C. Bullock of Barbour County.
The county has a total area of 625 square miles, of which 623 square miles is land and 2.3 square miles is water. The county is in the southeastern section of the state, in the prairie region. The Chunnennuggee Ridge runs through the center of the county.
The Conecuh River runs through the center of the county, and the Pea River, a tributary of the Choctawhatchee River, runs along its southeastern border. In addition, numerous creeks such as the Bughall Creek, a tributary of the Tallapoosa River, Old Town Creek, and Line Creek intersect the area. U.S. 29 and U.S. 82 are Bullock County’s major transportation routes, running east-west and north-south. 1
Bullock County Alabama
Bullock County Alabama has a population of 10,914. In 1867, Union Springs was chosen as the county seat. Its name is in honor of Colonel Edward C. Bullock of Barbour County.
Bullock County Alabama Cities:
Union Springs
Bullock County Alabama Towns:
Midway
Bullock County Alabama Communities:
Blues Old Stand, Fitzpatrick, Inverness, Perote, Smut Eye, Thompson
Alabama’s first legal distillery since Prohibition has opened in a county famous for producing illegal whiskey.
High Ridge Spirits operates in a former horse barn in rural Bullock County. Its shiny metal tanks and spotless concrete floor look like any food processing facility. Employees’ relaxed pace indicate there are no worries about a raid by state liquor agents. Head distiller Jamie Ray says it’s a little different from the way it’s been done in the woods of Bullock County for decades.
Conecuh Ridge is described as an “Alabama Style Tippling Whiskey”, a rather imprecise designation which basically means that it is patterned after the spirits that would have been available at informal “tippling houses”. Clyde May used spring water from Southern Alabama and added oven-dried apples to his barrels. The resulting hints of green apple and cinnamon not only made it smoother than other whiskeys—they’re what made it Alabama Style. It is then aged for five to six years in heavy-toast charred white oak barrels. Conecuh Ridge Whiskey is a type of whiskey produced and officially marketed as “Clyde May’s Alabama Style Whiskey” by Conecuh Ridge Distillery Inc. It is marketed as a high-quality aged moonshine whiskey which was produced illegally in Alabama during the mid to late 20th century.
Smuteye or Smut Eye is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
Franklin Field (Alabama)
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Franklin Field
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FAA LID: 07A
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Bullock County
Serves Bullock County, Alabama
Location Union Springs, Alabama
Elevation AMSL 300 ft / 91 m
Coordinates 32°10′01″N 085°48′35″W
Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 3,660 1,116 Asphalt
Statistics (2010) Aircraft operations 6,545
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Franklin Field (FAA LID: 07A) is a county-owned public-use airport in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. It is located five nautical miles (5.8 mi, 9.3 km) west of the central business district of Union Springs, Alabama.[1] It is included in the FAA’s National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Facilities and aircraft:
Franklin Field covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 300 feet (91 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,660 by 80 feet (1,116 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending November 19, 2010, the airport had 6,545 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day.[1]
Wikipedia contributors, “Franklin Field (Alabama),” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Field_(Alabama)&oldid=558772224 (accessed September 1, 2014).
Union Springs Alabama
Union Springs Alabama is a city in Bullock County, Alabama. The population is 3,980. Union Springs is home to antebellum homes and one of the jails in the state as well as cemeteries dating back 200 years. Recognized as the Bird Dog Field Trial Capital of the World, people from around the nation converge on Union Springs each February for the bird dog field trials held at Sedgefield Plantation.