I have always been intrigued with the names of towns and places. I guess that stands to reason, having been born in a town whose name means "buzzard roost."
This little town in Chambers County, Alabama is not really a town at all. It's more of a bend in the road on US 431 a couple of miles north of the county seat of Lafayette.
I have a neat little book (Place Names in Alabama, by Virginia O. Foscue) that tells me that there was a post office here in 1872. The original settlement was known as "Buffalo Wallow", supposedly referring to a large bald spot on the ground that was in the shape of a buffalo.
That's kind of a let down to me. I had envisioned a time when buffalo might have roamed the rolling hills of Chambers County, pursued by wild-eyed Creek Indians on Spanish ponies.
After all, the next town sign up the road reads "White Plains."
