Coal Valley, also known as Cormick, is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

[2] Coal mines were opened in Coal Valley after the completion of the Georgia Pacific Railway.

[3] The Coal Valley mines played a role in the 1920 Alabama coal strike.

[4] A post office operated under the name Cormick from 1890 to 1891 and under the name Coal Valley from 1891 to 1951.

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