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The East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District, in Wetumpka, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The listing included 25 contributing buildings and 10 non-contributing ones on 6 acres (2.4 ha). [1] [2] The district includes most of the central business district of Wetumpka. [2]
Fort Toulouse (Muscogee: Franca choka chula), also called Fort des Alibamons and Fort Toulouse des Alibamons, is a historic fort near the city of Wetumpka, Alabama, United States, that is now maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission. The French founded the fort in 1717, naming it for Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse.
Wetumpka (US: / w ɪ ˈ t ʌ m k ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census , the population was 7,220. [ 2 ] In the early 21st century, Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. [ 3 ]
The Wetumpka State Penitentiary (WSP), originally known as the Alabama State Penitentiary, was the first state prison established in Alabama, United States. [2] Built on the east bank of the Coosa River in Wetumpka, it was nicknamed the "Walls of Alabama" or "Walls". For much of its operation, the prison housed both men and women, kept in ...
Known as the "angel of the prisons", Tutwiler pushed for many reforms of the Alabama penal system. In a letter sent from Julia Tutwiler in Dothan, Alabama to Frank S. White in Birmingham, Alabama, Tutwiler pushed for key issues such as the end to convict leasing, the re-establishment of night school education, and the separation of minor offenders and hardened criminals. [3]
The Wetumpka impact crater is the only confirmed impact crater in Alabama, United States.It is located east of downtown Wetumpka in Elmore County.The crater is 4.7 miles (7.6 km) in diameter, and its age is estimated to be about 85 million years (late Cretaceous), [1] based on fossils found in the youngest disturbed deposits, which belong to the Mooreville Chalk Formation.
Wetumpka High School is a public high school in Wetumpka, Alabama, United States. [2] It is one of four high schools in the Elmore County Public School System.
First Methodist Church Wetumpka is a historic church at 306 Tuskeena Street in Wetumpka, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1854 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]