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Jefferson is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.[1]
[edit] History
It was founded in 1810, before Marengo was a county or Alabama was a state. Most of the original settlers were veterans of the American Revolution, including John Sample, John Gilmore, and Reuben Hildreth.[2] The village was named Jefferson in 1820, after Thomas Jefferson, and that year saw the first church established.[2] The population had reached 200 people by 1860 and the village contained two dry goods stores, one drugstore, a male and a female academy, a Masonic Lodge, a hotel, two tanneries, a wagon shop, and a blacksmith shop.[2]
[edit] Geography
Jefferson is located at 32.38580° N 87.89817° WCoordinates: 32.38580° N 87.89817° W and has an elevation of 233 feet (71 m).
[edit] Historic sites
[edit] References
- ^ "Jefferson, Alabama". "ePodunk Community Profiles". Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ a b c Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 7. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X
