A County Older Than The State St. Clair County - Pell City, AL
N 33° 35.162 W 086° 17.214
16S E 566171 N 3716485
A County Older Than The State St. Clair County Historical Marker, Pell City, AL
Waymark Code: WMD505
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2011
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Historical marker detailing the naming and history of St. Clair County. Because St. Clair County has two county seats it has two "A County Older Than the State" markers. The marker is located on the lawn of the Pell City branch courthouse on Cogswell Avenue at 18th Street. The marker was placed by the Alabama Historical Association.
Marker Name: A County Older Than The State St. Clair County
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Created in 1818 by territorial legislature. Named for Revolutionary hero, Gen. St. Clair. First settlers from Tennessee, Georgia – veterans of Creek Indian War, 1813-14.
Pell City established as industrial town in1890 by George H. Pell of New York.
Growth of population south of Backbone Mt. and difficulty of crossing mountain led to branch county seat here in 1902. County seat at Ashville since 1822.
Old Indian trails thru this county used by: DeSoto’s Spanish conquistadors – 1540, Andrew Jackson’s forces – 1813-14, Generals Rosseau, Craxton – 1864-65.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1957
Marker Number: None
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