Marengo County, Alabama - Demopolis, Alabama, Providence, Alabama, Linden, Alabama, Myrtlewood, Alabama, Thomaston, Alabama, Faunsdale, Alabama (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Demopolis, Alabama, Providence, Alabama, Linden, Alabama, Myrtlewood, Alabama, Thomaston, Alabama, Faunsdale, Alabama, Dayton, Alabama, Sweet Water, Alabama, Alabama State Route 5, WTID, Vine and Olive Colony, Aigleville, WINL, Sweet Water High School, Half Acre, Alabama, McKinley, Alabama, Demopolis Municipal Airport, Jefferson, Alabama, Octagon, Alabama, Old Spring Hill, Alabama, Christmas on the River, Beaver Creek, Alabama, Dixons Mills, Alabama, Nanafalia, Alabama, Exmoor, Alabama, Nicholsville, Alabama, Vineland, Alabama, Siddonsville, Alabama, Clay Hill, Alabama, Surginer, Alabama, Shiloh, Marengo County, Alabama, Magnolia, Alabama, Rembert, Alabama, Vangale, Alabama, Coxheath, Alabama, Alfalfa, Alabama, Hoboken, Alabama, Marengo, Alabama, Hampden, Alabama, Consul, Alabama, Hugo, Alabama, Wayne, Alabama, Aimwell, Alabama, Moscow, Alabama, Putnam, Alabama, Salt Well, Alabama, Pin Hook, Alabama, Moores Valley, Alabama, Half Chance, Alabama, Lasca, Alabama, Chickasaw State Park, Rural Fun Day. Excerpt: Marengo County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of a battlefield near Turin, Italy, where the French defeated the Austrians on June 14, 1800. As of 2010 the population was 21,027. The largest city is Demopolis, the county seat is Linden. Marengo County was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818, from land acquired from the Choctaw Indians by the Treaty of Fort St. Stephens on October 24, 1816. The name of the county commemorates Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Marengo over the Austrian armies on June 14, 1800. This name was chosen as a compliment to the first Caucasian settlers, exiled French Bonapartists who in 1817 settled the area around Demopolis in an effort to establish a Vine and Olive Colony. The county seat was originally known as the Town of M...