Cureton Bridge - Newville, AL
N 31° 29.638 W 085° 22.920
16R E 653671 N 3485481
The Cureton Bridge historical marker is located on the south side of Alabama Highway 27 near its intersection with Henry County Road 77.
Waymark Code: WM1BVZ4
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2025
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The Cureton Bridge historical marker is metal Historic Chattahoochee Commission marker. It was placed by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Henry County Historical Society.
Marker Name: Cureton Bridge
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Cureton Bridge was an old settlement named for the Cureton family who settled here in the early 1820’s. The village was located on the East Fork of the Choctawhatchee River in the western part of Henry County and northeast of what later became the Center Community. William Jackson Cureton, 1760 – 1832, was a native of Virginia who moved here about 1825. He constructed a private bridge across the Choctawhatchee River one mile east of here which was the first to be built over this waterway.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1988
Marker Number: Not listed
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