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Marion, the county seat of Perry County, is located in the fertile Black Belt Region of west central Alabama. Under the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson, the area was ceded to the federal government by the Creek Indians. Squatters and prospectors moved in until the land was put up for sale in 1817.
Location of Perry County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Plantation founded by Joseph Gee, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, circa 1816 in an Alabama River bend that retains his last name to the present. It passed to his nephews upon his death. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt.
Perryville is most likely named after Perry County, which in turn is named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. [2] A post office operated under the name Perryville from 1839 to 1954. [3] In 1846, the Perryville schoolhouse was built on land sold by Exum Melton. [4]
Reverie is a historic Greek Revival mansion built circa 1858 in Marion, Perry County, Alabama.It now serves as a residence and also historic house museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the West Marion Historic District and was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
Perry County is a county located in the Black Belt region in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census , the population was 8,511. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Marion . [ 2 ]
National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Alabama (1 C, 22 P) S. Schools in Perry County, Alabama (1 P)
Perry County, Alabama; Template:Perry County, Alabama; A. Alabama's 7th congressional district This page was last edited on 5 July 2023, at 15:09 (UTC). Text is ...