Editing Cedar Bluff, Alabama (section)

== History ==
A post office called Cedar Bluff has been in operation since 1837.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Cherokee |title=Cherokee County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013045747/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Cherokee |archive-date=October 13, 2014 }}</ref> Once the county seat from about 1836 to 1844 before being removed to [[Centre, Alabama|Centre]], the city was named for groves of cedar trees above the bluffs of the nearby river.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4095%2C335022 | title=Cherokee County, Ala. | work=Calhoun Times | date=September 1, 2004 | access-date=April 24, 2015 | pages=42}}</ref>

The [[Cornwall Furnace (Cedar Bluff, Alabama)|Cornwall Furnace]] near Cedar Bluff is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cherokeecountyhistory.com/cornwall-furnace.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140816015759/http://www.cherokeecountyhistory.com/cornwall-furnace.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=August 16, 2014 | title=Cornwall Furnace | publisher=Cherokee County Historical Society | access-date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>