Midway, Alabama

Midway is a town located in eastern Bullock County, Alabama, United States.

Margaret Elizabeth Merritt of Midway sold two acres for $5 to the State of Alabama in 1921 as a site for an elementary school for African-American children.

Built in 1922 with matching Rosenwald funds, the Midway Colored Public School featured oak and pine construction and two classrooms divided by a partition.

The building is one of the few surviving of the more than 5,000 rural black schools built with contributions for the Julius Rosenwald Fund.

Midway is located on the U.S. Route 82, the Jefferson Davis Highway, 13 miles (21 km) east of Union Springs, the county seat.

Alabama State Route 51 leads south 16 miles (26 km) to Clayton.

Merritt School
Midway Post Office ( ZIP Code :36053), April 2011
Map of Alabama highlighting Bullock County