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Bacon Level, Alabama

human settlement in Alabama, United States of America

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ4839937 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bacon Level is an unincorporated community located 3–4 miles (4.8 to 6.4 km) southeast of Roanoke, in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. Nearby churches include Bacon Level Baptist Church.

Bacon Level was named after some pioneers around 1800 had discovered that many items at their camp were stolen, including bacon at their level spot, hence the name.

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The public source identifies “Bacon Level, Alabama” as human settlement in Alabama, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bacon, Level and Alabama.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1800—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bacon, Level and Alabama providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4839937. Authority coordinates are 33.129, -85.291. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1800.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bacon Level, Alabama” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.