Grady, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
31°59′42″N 86°12′4″W / 31.99500°N 86.20111°W / 31.99500; -86.20111CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyMontgomeryTime zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code
36036
Area code334GNIS feature ID119205[1]

Grady is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Grady is located about 25 miles (40 km) south of Montgomery. It is at the intersection of Montgomery County Road 28 (Meriwether Trail) and Montgomery County Road 1 (Ramer-Grady Road).

Grady is named in honor of Henry W. Grady.[2]

A US Postal Office is in Grady. Its ZIP code is 36036. A post office first began operating under the name Grady in 1890.[3]

Notable people

  • Tracy Harris Patterson, former two weight world champion boxer
  • Ike Zimmerman, blues guitarist, who is now known to have been musician Robert Johnson's main guitar teacher[4]

References

  1. ^ "Grady". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ^ "Montgomery County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Bruce Conforth; Gayle Dean Wardlow (June 4, 2019). Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Chicago Review Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-64160-097-2.
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