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Sep 23, 2026Open source
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Lafayette, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Chambers. Associated ZIP codes: 36862.
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Joe Bobby Jennings
Joe Bobby Jennings, age 88, of Lafayette, Alabama, went to his Heavenly Home on July 29, 2026. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and...
Aug 12, 2026Open source
Local journalism shines as Key Media earns APA awards
BY OBSERVER STAFF EAST ALABAMA — The Observer, The LaFayette Sun and LIVE Lee Magazine brought home 33 awards in the 2026 Alabama Press Association Media A...
Jun 30, 2026Open source
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Alabama equestrian announces opening of a new holistic horsemanship business
CONTRIBUTED TOTHE OBSERVER WAVERLY — Research shows that adult women benefit cognitively, physiologically and spiritually from experiences with horses. Equ...
Jul 23, 2026Open source
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Lafayette is in Chambers County, Alabama.
Region: Central Alabama
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36862
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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LaFayette is the seat of Chambers County, which was created on December 18, 1832, from Creek land and named for Dr. Henry C. Chambers, elected U.S. senator in 1825, who died on his way to Washington. The county was organized in 1833, and its officials chose a seat as near the center of the county as possible. Lots were auctioned in October 1833 to pay for a courthouse and jail, and a log courthouse went up that year, replaced by a brick one in 1837 and by the present courthouse in 1899.
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The town was first called Chambersville and Chambers Court House, and by its incorporation on January 7, 1835, it had been renamed for the Marquis de Lafayette. The spelling LaFayette came from the influence of newspaper editor Johnson J. Hooper, whose fictional backwoodsman Captain Simon Suggs pronounced the name "La Fait." The town's newspaper began as The Alabama Standard in April 1841 and became The LaFayette Sun on August 3, 1881. On October 2, 1898, a Black man named John Anderson was lynched in LaFayette. LaFayette is the birthplace of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, honored since 2010 by a bronze statue in front of the courthouse. Senator Thomas Heflin is buried in the town's cemetery, and scenes from the film Mississippi Burning were shot at the courthouse and downtown. Sources Wikipedia: LaFayette, Alabama The Historical Marker Database: Chambers County (Alabama Historical Association); LaFayette Cemetery
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32.9252370, -85.4425630
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