Goshen in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Goshen Substation

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

1. Goshen Substation Marker

Inscription. South Alabama Electric Cooperative’s Goshen Substation provided the first electric energy to rural Pike County. The station was energized at 11:26 A.M. on April 4, 1938. The first 86 miles of electric lines served 170 members.

The cooperative was established on June 17, 1937 and serves members in Pike, Crenshaw, Coffee, Bullock, Montgomery and Butler counties. The original Board of Trustees were: J. H. Beasley, Sam K. Adams, George W. Gilmore, V. G. Perdue, J. N. Wallace.

Erected 1987 by Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission, and the Rural Electrification 💡 series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1860.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 31° 43.614′ N, 86° 7.266′ W. Marker was in Goshen, Alabama, in Pike County. It was on County Road 5 north of County Road 28, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Goshen AL 36035, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Elam Primitive Baptist Church

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(approx. 1½ miles away); Little Oak United Methodist Church (approx. 4 miles away); Rodgers School (approx. 4.3 miles away); New Providence Primitive Baptist Church Site (approx. 5.3 miles away); Allred House & Cemetery (approx. 5.7 miles away); Camp Ground Methodist Church (approx. 6 miles away); Crenshaw County Courthouse (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goshen.

North View Of The Goshen Substation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

2. North View Of The Goshen Substation Marker

South View Of The Goshen Substation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

3. South View Of The Goshen Substation Marker

Goshen Substation and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

4. Goshen Substation and Marker

Closer View Of The Goshen Substation image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

5. Closer View Of The Goshen Substation

Goshen Substation Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

6. Goshen Substation Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,344 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on September 14, 2025, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.