This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1041.3.1.1 Message Board Post: The usual story regarding the name "Lively" was that the "dances were lively" or similar (as was mentioned in an early reply on this thread). An alternative was that the community was named in honor of the Lively family-- two of whom, at least, were ministers. If my memory is not completely fooling me, Lively had a post-office for a time, and I think I've seen the application for the postoffice-- the name Lively was a 2nd or 3rd choice I believe. Justin M. Sanders Mobile, AL