Alabama Gazetteer
Dowdy Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Madison County. The primary coordinates for Dowdy Creek places it within the AL 35760 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Dowdy Creek |
| Category: | Alabama physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads at the ENE foothills of Lemley Mountain, flows generally NE into the City of New Hope and then N into Yellow Creek Bank |
| History: | Named for John Norman “Alexander” Dowdy (1915-1972), World War II and Korean War veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart, and operator of a truck stop and restaurant in New Hope |
| County: | Madison County |
| Latitude: | 34.54562 |
| Longitude: | -86.4397 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Dowdy Creek: Dowdy Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Dowdy Creek does not include property ownership information.
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New Hope, AL
(2.6 miles ESE) Owens Cross Roads, AL (3.1 miles NNW) Union Grove, AL (10 miles S) Paint Rock, AL (10.2 miles NE) Grant, AL (10.7 miles E) |
Woodville, AL
(11 miles ENE) Cherokee Ridge, AL (11 miles SW) Gurley, AL (11.4 miles NNE) Redstone Arsenal, AL (14.7 miles NW) Guntersville city, AL (15.9 miles SE) |
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Elon, AL
(1.7 miles W) Oak Grove, AL (2.2 miles S) Johnson, AL (4 miles SSE) Hampton Cove, AL (4.9 miles NNW) Poplar Ridge, AL (5.2 miles NE) |
Hebron, AL
(5.4 miles SE) Hobbs Island, AL (5.4 miles W) Norton, AL (5.7 miles W) Nebo, AL (5.9 miles E) Incline, AL (5.9 miles WSW) |
