Greenville quilt shop owner hopes ‘Shop Hop’ creates new business in Alabama
Ever heard of a Shop Hop? If you haven’t, you’re not alone. But Claranna Roberts is well traveled so she has seen them before.
Aug 10, 2026Open source
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Greenville, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Butler. Associated ZIP codes: 36037.
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Alabama Bicentennial Wagon Train sparks love story still going strong 50 years later
Steve Stabler of Greenville and Deborah Stabler of Elba met in the spring of 1976 while taking part in the Bicentennial Wagon Train’s 35-day trek through A...
Jul 14, 2026Open source
Greenville police raid 4 businesses in illegal product crackdown
The investigation began after the police department received complaints of minors purchasing items that were either age-restricted or illegal in Alabama enti...
Jun 12, 2026Open source
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Alabama Crushes LSU, Georgia Dominates Ole Miss in SEC
Alabama beats LSU 31-13 to bolster its CFP case, while Georgia crushes Ole Miss 42-0. Both teams now appear headed for an SEC Championship Game showdown.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
The GOP redrew House districts across the South to save Republican seats. Their plan failed — and succeeded
After President Donald Trump pressed Republican-led states to redraw their maps to help the GOP keep its U.S. House majority, Northeastern political scientis...
Nov 10, 2026Open source
Were celebrities a distraction for LSU in Alabama loss? Here’s why Lane Kiffin doesn’t think so.
LSU coach Lane Kiffin doesn’t believe the appearance of celebrities, like Kevin Costner, distracted the Tigers in their loss to Alabama.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
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Alabama Crushes LSU, Georgia Dominates Ole Miss in SEC
Alabama beats LSU 31-13 to bolster its CFP case, while Georgia crushes Ole Miss 42-0. Both teams now appear headed for an SEC Championship Game showdown.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
The GOP redrew House districts across the South to save Republican seats. Their plan failed — and succeeded
After President Donald Trump pressed Republican-led states to redraw their maps to help the GOP keep its U.S. House majority, Northeastern political scientis...
Nov 10, 2026Open source
Were celebrities a distraction for LSU in Alabama loss? Here’s why Lane Kiffin doesn’t think so.
LSU coach Lane Kiffin doesn’t believe the appearance of celebrities, like Kevin Costner, distracted the Tigers in their loss to Alabama.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
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Greenville, the seat of Butler County, grew up along the Old Federal Road, built in 1806 as a shorter route from Washington to New Orleans, which in Butler County followed an ancient Indian path traveled by the naturalist William Bartram in 1775. After the Creek cessions of the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson, thousands of settlers poured in on the road. Creek resistance led to attacks such as the Ogly-Stroud massacre of March 13, 1818, and Captain Sam Dale built Fort Dale on the road; it became Butler County's first seat, post office and polling place when the county was created in 1819. The county is named for Captain William Butler, a Creek War veteran killed in 1818.
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In 1821, according to the state marker, the county seat moved to the present site, then called Buttsville for Captain Samuel Butts, a South Carolinian killed in the Creek War. In 1822 the town was renamed Greenville, recalling the South Carolina home of many of its settlers. Captain Butler is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery, across from the First United Methodist Church, the oldest church in the county. During World War II, a satellite camp for German prisoners of war operated in Greenville. Greenville is known as the Camellia City. J. Glenn Stanley, editor of The Greenville Advocate, championed the slogan and held the city's first camellia show at his home in 1937; the city council adopted the camellia as its official flower in 1938, and on August 26, 1959, thanks largely to Greenville legislator Lamont Glass, the camellia became Alabama's state flower. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Butler County (Alabama Historical Association) The Historical Marker Database: The Federal Road and The Palings / Fort Dale 1818 (Butler County Historical Society) The Historical Marker Database: The Camellia City / Greenville (Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Greenville) Wikipedia: Greenville, Alabama
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