Pine Level, Montgomery County, Alabama

Pine Level, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°04′05″N 86°03′35″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Montgomery
Elevation	489 ft (149 m)
Population  (2007)
• Total	1,782
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	36069
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	152926

Pine Level, also known as Pine Tucky, is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Pine Level is located along U.S. Route 231 (also known as Alabama State Route 53), 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Montgomery.

History

Pine Level was originally known as Pine Tucky, most likely due to its location on poor sandy soil covered with pine trees. The community later began to be called Pine Level. A post office first opened under the name Pine Level in 1839.

Notable people

• Rosa Parks, her arrest served as a catalyst to the Montgomery bus boycott during the Civil Rights Movement. She lived in Pine Level as a child.
• Claudette Colvin, arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, nine months before Rosa Parks was arrested for doing the same thing. She lived in Pine Level until she was 8-years-old.