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French Mill is an unincorporated community located in Limestone County. It is halfway between the cities of Madison and Athens . French Mill is within the Huntsville Metropolitan Area, and is considered an exurb of the city despite Huntsville being located just south of the community.
The first Europeans to make contact with Alabama were the Spanish, with the first permanent European settlement being Mobile, established by the French in 1702. After being a part of the Mississippi Territory (1798–1817) and then the Alabama Territory (1817–1819), Alabama would become a U.S. state on December 14, 1819.
Map of Old Mobile Site and Fort Louis drawn in 1704-1705 (right side of map represents north) At its peak the town of Old Mobile (La Mobile) had a population of approximately 350 inhabitants occupying between 80 and 100 structures. [ 3 ]
Pages in category "French-American culture in Alabama" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The differences between continental Frenchmen and French-Canadians were so great that serious disputes occurred between the two groups. [2] The French also established slavery in 1721. Slaves infused elements of African and French Creole culture into Mobile, as many of the slaves who came to Mobile worked in the French West Indies.
Nine state capitals are French words or of French origin (Baton Rouge, Boise, Des Moines, Juneau, Montgomery, Montpelier, Pierre, Richmond, Saint Paul) - not even counting Little Rock (originally "La Petite Roche") or Cheyenne (a French rendering of a Lakota word). Fifteen state names are either French words / origin (Delaware, New Jersey ...
Alabama (/ ˌ æ l ə ˈ b æ m ə / ⓘ AL-ə-BAM-ə) [9] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. [10] [11]
Including French-Canadian: 25,853,902 (7.4%) alone or in combination ... Map of New France about 1750 in North ... Alabama was founded in 1702 by Pierre Le Moyne d ...