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Loxley is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,348. History
John Loxley came to this area at the turn of the century (1900) to establish a lumber camp that included a commissary and a sawmill. A large number of men came with him, then stayed to settle and marry here. John Loxley is considered the founder of Loxley. There was a small village named Bennet here when Mr. Loxley arrived. In 1920 the businesses in Loxley were an egg store, grocery store, two general merchandise stores, a train depot, drug store, telegraph office, land office, repair garage, post office, bank, hotel, butcher shop, orange packing shed, cement block plant, a blacksmith, a feed and lumber store. The main road was Highway 90; it was not paved then. Walter "Pop" Hammond had a grocery in the George Marinos building. The only church in town was the Methodist Church, the Baptist Church having blown down in the 1916 hurricane. Everyone went to the Methodist Church. The Episcopal Church was considered "out in the woods" as it was located northwest of town. The railroad was first opened on May 5, 1906. The only roads were the wagon roads to Bay Minette. The railroad was called the Fort Morgan Line, as it originally intended to go that far. The present post office was officially opened in 1906 by Octavia Sauer. She was the official postmistress and depot agent combined. The grammar school was built in 1925. After the timber had been cut Mr. Loxley returned to Chicago. Real estate men tried to sell the land for $.25 an acre, but people declined rather than pay taxes on it. The Town of Loxley incorporated in March, 1957. In the 1870's Fred Loxley moved his sawmill operation from Michigan and set up of what we now term Loxley. There were many mills In the area of South Baldwin and the entire area of Baldwin. By 1900 when the L & N Railroad come through much of the area had been cutover and Baldwin had its start as farm land and a prosperous farming community at this time. Loxley today Is surrounded by beautiful grazing cattle land, pecan groves and forming. Like all of our communities It started with the simple cabins and grew into the fine comfortable self-sufficient farmsteads such as the Bill house. Research Tips
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