Boykin, Alabama | |
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 Rear view of the detached kitchen and former plantation home of the Mark Pettway family, called Sandyridge, in Boykin April 1937. The house was demolished a short time later. Photographed by Arthur Rothstein. | |
 Location of Boykin in Wilcox County, Alabama. | |
  Boykin, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama  Boykin, Alabama Boykin, Alabama (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′41″N 87°16′53″W / 32.07806°N 87.28139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Wilcox |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.81 sq mi (7.27 km2) |
| • Land | 2.79 sq mi (7.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 208 |
| • Density | 74.42/sq mi (28.73/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36723 |
| Area code | 334 |
| FIPS code | 01-08680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 154993[2] |
Boykin, also known as Gee's Bend, is an African American majority community and census-designated place in a large bend of the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Alabama.[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 208.[3] The Boykin Post Office was established in the community in 1949 and remains active, servicing the 36723 ZIP code.[4]
Gee's Bend was named for Joseph Gee, an early large land owner from Halifax County, North Carolina who settled here in 1816. Gee brought 18 African American slaves with him and established a cotton plantation within the bend.[5]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boykin
- ^ "Boykin CDP, Alabama". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- ^ "Postmasters by City". Postmaster Finder. United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Kyes Stevens (March 9, 2007). "Gee's Bend". The Encyclopedia of Alabama. Auburn University. Retrieved July 23, 2011.