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Slicklizzard, Alabama

Coordinates: 33°57′52″N 87°30′07″W / 33.96444°N 87.50194°W / 33.96444; -87.50194
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Slicklizzard, Alabama
Slicklizzard is located in Alabama
Slicklizzard
Slicklizzard
Slicklizzard is located in the United States
Slicklizzard
Slicklizzard
Coordinates: 33°57′52″N 87°30′07″W / 33.96444°N 87.50194°W / 33.96444; -87.50194
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWalker
Elevation
331 ft (101 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659

Slicklizzard is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.[1]

According to tradition, Slicklizard was so named because local miners had to crawl through muddy passages and in the process became "slick as a lizard".[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slicklizzard, Alabama
  2. ^ "The Oddest Named Town in Every State". The Active Times. April 19, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2019.