Piper is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. Piper was named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, who founded the Little Cahaba Coal Company and was a business partner of Henry F. DeBardeleben. The Little Cahaba Coal Company operated two mines at Piper. Combined with nearby Coleanor, the two towns had a combine…Piper is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. Piper was named for Oliver Hazzard Perry Piper, who founded the Little Cahaba Coal Company and was a business partner of Henry F. DeBardeleben. The Little Cahaba Coal Company operated two mines at Piper. Combined with nearby Coleanor, the two towns had a combined population of nearly 2,500. Coal was shipped from Piper to Birmingham on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The last mine in Piper was closed in the 1950s.
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