Leighton (Ala.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Leighton (Ala.)
Other forms of name
Cross Roads (Ala.)
Jeffers Cross Roads (Ala.)
Jeffers Crossroads (Ala.)
Coordinates
W0873114 W0873114 N0344203 N0344203 (gnis )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 148088363
Wikidata: Q66513
Library of congress: no2003002659
OCoLC: oca05947171
Sources of Information
  • GNIS, Jan. 7, 2003(Leighton, Alabama; ppl., 34°42ʹ03ʺN, 87°31ʹ14ʺW; variants, Cross Roads, Jeffers Cross Roads, Jeffers Crossroads)
  • Geologic map of the Leighton quadrangle, Alabama, Colbert Co., 1975:map recto (Leighton)
  • GNIS, Jan. 7, 2003(Leighton, Alabama; ppl., 34p0s42ʹ03ʺN, 87p0s31ʹ14ʺW; variants, Cross Roads, Jeffers Cross Roads, Jeffers Crossroads)
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Wikipedia description:

Leighton is a town in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". At the 2020 census, the population was 665. Leighton has been hit by several tornadoes in the 2000s, including a damaging EF2 on May 8, 2008, that was caught on tape flipping over many cars and damaging buildings.

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