page_title: Alabama, New York
section_title: Communities and locations in Alabama
hierarchical_section_title: Alabama, New York / Communities and locations in Alabama
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Post Office, Basom NY, November 2010
context_page_description: Alabama is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The town is in the northwest part of the county. New York State Route 63 and New York State Route 77 intersect in the town. The population was 1,869 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the state of Alabama.
context_section_description: Alabama (or Alabama Center) – The hamlet of Alabama is centered on the crossroad of Routes 63 and 77, where there is a restaurant on one corner and a small market on another.
  Basom – This hamlet is on NY-77 where Bloomingdale Road runs off to the west. This community had a railroad station at one time.  It was named after an Alabama town supervisor.
  Indian Falls (formerly "Tonawanda Falls") – A hamlet at the south town line on NY-77. Tonawanda Creek flows through the community and has a spectacular waterfall. Above the falls are rapids which were a source of water power in the early days of the community.
  Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge – A federal refuge is partly in the northern part of the town.
  Meadeville – A hamlet inside the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, located on Meadeville Road, south of NY-77.
  Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area - A conservation area partially in the northern part of the town.
  South Alabama – A hamlet on NY-63, near the Oakfield border and south of Wheatville.  The community was formerly called "Smithville."
  Tonawanda Reservation of the Seneca tribe - A part of the reservation is inside the west border of the town.  Bloomingdale Road passes through the reservation, connecting Basom and Akron.
  Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area – A New York state conservation area, partially in the northern part of the town.
  The Alabama Hotel, located at the intersection of 63 and 77, where Spiro Agnew was quoted as saying, after stopping during a campaign swing in 1968, "Really fine wings they have.... really fine"
  West Alabama – A former hamlet, now a location in the northwest corner of the town on NY-77.
  Wheatville – A hamlet east of Alabama hamlet by the intersection of Knowlesville and Lockport Roads.
  Wheatville Station – A location south of South Alabama.
  White Memorial Game Farm – A former game farm located south of Alabama hamlet on NY-77. Used primarily for raising pheasants, it has been given over to other recreational use.
caption: United States Post Office in Basom in November 2010
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