History
Located at the north corner of Mill Road and County Line Road, Cedar Springs Station is a quiet, well established subdivision in Madison, Alabama. Minutes from the airport, Research Park and downtown Huntsville, our subdivision is conveniently located close to many conveniences, shops, restaurants and places of work.
The history of Cedar Springs Station is one that precedes even the statehood of Alabama. In the winter of 1818, a young Irishman named James Bailey made his way to the property that is known today as Cedar Springs Station. The property, which shared its western border with the Choctaw nation, provided Mr. Bailey with rich fertile soil, a natural spring and access to an urban area of Huntsville. Mr. Bailey and his wife Sarah homesteaded the property then established a modest home and farm for themselves and their family. However, Mr. Bailey's farm soon became a welcome sight to more people than he would have imagined.
In the late 1930's, at the height of the stagecoach mail delivery system, Cedar Springs Station became an important part of the mail route between Huntsville and Decatur. According to Post Office records in the National Archive, Cedar Springs Station was a key stop along Route 5504 which continued on to Mooresville and then Decatur. The route was busy and the schedule called for the two-horse coaches to come through every day of the week. Mr. Bailey's farm, with its aural spring, was an ideal resting place for both man and horse.
James Bailey always kept a watchful eye on his property and on the stagecoach line that traversed it. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that when he died, in 1843, he was buried on a hill at the highest point on his property. The Bailey Cemetery still occupies that hill today and James Bailey's resting place overlooks the land that makes up Cedar Springs station. The Cemetery, the homestead which is now the Whitworth house, and the Spring itself all stand as tributes to a past rich in history, just as Cedar Springs Station stands as a tribute to the future.
The history of Cedar Springs Station is one that precedes even the statehood of Alabama. In the winter of 1818, a young Irishman named James Bailey made his way to the property that is known today as Cedar Springs Station. The property, which shared its western border with the Choctaw nation, provided Mr. Bailey with rich fertile soil, a natural spring and access to an urban area of Huntsville. Mr. Bailey and his wife Sarah homesteaded the property then established a modest home and farm for themselves and their family. However, Mr. Bailey's farm soon became a welcome sight to more people than he would have imagined.
In the late 1930's, at the height of the stagecoach mail delivery system, Cedar Springs Station became an important part of the mail route between Huntsville and Decatur. According to Post Office records in the National Archive, Cedar Springs Station was a key stop along Route 5504 which continued on to Mooresville and then Decatur. The route was busy and the schedule called for the two-horse coaches to come through every day of the week. Mr. Bailey's farm, with its aural spring, was an ideal resting place for both man and horse.
James Bailey always kept a watchful eye on his property and on the stagecoach line that traversed it. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that when he died, in 1843, he was buried on a hill at the highest point on his property. The Bailey Cemetery still occupies that hill today and James Bailey's resting place overlooks the land that makes up Cedar Springs station. The Cemetery, the homestead which is now the Whitworth house, and the Spring itself all stand as tributes to a past rich in history, just as Cedar Springs Station stands as a tribute to the future.