Historic Dadeville
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N 32° 49.892 W 085° 45.809
16S E 615733 N 3633288
Brief History of the town of Dadeville, AL.
Waymark Code: WM129QD
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2020
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Strategically placed at the juncture of 19th-century roads from Georgia and Tennessee, Dadeville was first charted in 1837. it was designated as the seat of justice for Tallapoosa County, one of a number of counties created in the 1832 out of The Creek Indian cession of that year. The town was named for Major Francis Longhorne Dade, killed in the Seminole War. Its main thoroughfare bears the name of John H. Broadnax, who first surveyed the town in April 1936. Dadeville was the site for the United States/Dennis Hotel, which hosted famed 19th century humorist John Jones Hooper while he compiled the stories included in "The Adventures of Simon Suggs." The city was home to the Graefenberg Medical Institute (1852-1861), first Medical School in Alabama, and the location of the counties first high school which opened in 1910
Marker Name: Historic Dadeville
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Placed by the Alabama Historical Association
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2015
Marker Number: Not listed
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