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Map of Alabama during the War of 1812. Fort Armstrong and Turkeytown are located in the upper right. [1]Turkeytown (Cherokee: "Gun'-di'ga-duhun'yi"), sometimes called "Turkey's Town", was a small Cherokee village that once stretched for approximately 25 miles along both banks of the Coosa River, and became the largest of the contemporary Cherokee towns.
Etowah Indian Mounds are a 54-acre (220,000 m 2) archaeological site in Bartow County, Georgia, south of Cartersville. Built and occupied in three phases, from 1000–1550 CE , the prehistoric site is located on the north shore of the Etowah River .
Etowah County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 103,436. [1] Its county seat is Gadsden. [2] Its name is from a Cherokee word meaning "edible tree". In total area, it is the smallest county in Alabama, albeit one of the most densely populated.
Willstown developed south of an ancient Indian trade path or trail. It was in the southwesternmost part of the original Cherokee Nation (in present-day DeKalb and Etowah counties of Alabama) prior to the Indian removal of 1836. Visible remnants of earthwork mounds remain at this site.
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Etowah County – likely from an extinct Cherokee settlement named Etiwaw. [11] Mobile County – named after a Native American tribe, perhaps from Choctaw moeli, meaning "to row" or "to paddle". [12] Shared with the city of Mobile, the Mobile Bay and the Mobile River.
Pages in category "Native American history of Alabama" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
No list could ever be complete of all Cherokee settlements; however, in 1755 the government of South Carolina noted several known towns and settlements. Those identified were grouped into six "hunting districts:" 1) Overhill, 2) Middle, 3) Valley, 4) Out Towns, 5) Lower Towns, and 6) the Piedmont settlements, also called Keowee towns, as they were along the Keowee River. [5]