Flomaton fireworks store sales skyrocket ahead of Fourth of July
The family-owned Alabama Fireworks reports strong sales and a growing number of new customers alongside its regulars.
Jul 3, 2026Open source
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Flomaton, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Escambia. Associated ZIP codes: 36441.
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Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
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Flomaton is in Escambia County, Alabama.
Region: South Alabama
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Flomaton sits right on the Alabama–Florida line, and its name says so: it combines "Florida" and "Alabama" with "-ton," which the Encyclopedia of Alabama says the U.S. Postal Service added. The town grew up in 1869 at a junction of railroad lines built by the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, later part of the Louisville and Nashville. Its first settler was Hiram Renfroe, a railroad employee, and by 1886 it had about 250 residents. Before settling on Flomaton, the community was known as Reuterville, Whiting and Pensacola Junction.
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The junction made the town. The L&N main line carried trains toward New York, Cincinnati, Atlanta and New Orleans, while a branch ran south to Pensacola, and into the 1960s trains still carried passengers to the beach there. Timber and the railroad drove the early 20th-century economy. Flomaton was incorporated in April or May 1908. Fires swept downtown in 1902, 1908 and 1911, the last destroying the L&N depot, and a major flood in 1929 caused severe damage just before the Great Depression. In 1968 the Flomaton Gas Field, producing natural gas and oil, was discovered nearby. Across the state line lies Century, Florida, and U.S. Routes 29 and 31 still meet in the town on their way to Brewton. Sources Encyclopedia of Alabama: Flomaton Wikipedia: Flomaton, Alabama
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31.0402330, -87.2663650
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