Salitpa, Alabama

Salitpa is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. It has also been known as River Hill.[2]

Salitpa
Unincorporated community
Salitpa
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 31°37′47″N 88°01′12″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyClarke
Elevation
180 ft (50 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)251
GNIS feature ID153303[1]

History

A post office called Salitpa has been in operation since 1855.[3] The community took its name from nearby Satilpa Creek. An error in writing the name (crossing the L instead of the T) when applying for a post office resulted in the name being changed.[4]

Notable person

Salitpa was the home of Ray Prim, a minor league baseball star in the Pacific Coast League with the Los Angeles Angels from 1936 to 1942, again in 1944 and in 1947.[5]

See also
  • List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms

References
  1. "Salitpa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Clarke County Historical Society (1977). Historical Sketches of Clarke County, Alabama: A Story of the Communities of Clarke County, Alabama. Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers. p. 312.
  3. "Clarke County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. "Cat Mash among state's funny town names". The Tuscaloosa News. September 28, 1991. pp. 3B. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. "Ray Prim | Pacific Coast League About". Milb.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.


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