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Opelika, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Lee. Associated ZIP codes: 36801, 36802, 36803, 36804.
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On the Tracks returns with wine, art, downtown experiences
Opelika Main Street event on Oct. 9 will feature 19 stops, live music, light bites and new partnership with East Alabama Arts BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIK...
Sep 30, 2026Open source
EAMC earns robotic surgery reaccreditation
CONTRIBUTED BY EAH OPELIKA — East Alabama Medical Center has earned reaccreditation as a Robotic Surgery Center of Excellence from the Surgical Review Corp...
Sep 1, 2026Open source
Profiles Of Valor: COL Robert Howard (USA)
Robert Lewis Howard was a native of Opelika, Al. When he was a child, his father, Charles, and an uncle were drafted into World War II, both becoming paratro...
Jun 21, 2026Open source
Integrea Mental Health awarded $867K to expand rural care, services
BY SAM VISETHE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Integrea Mental Health, the regional community mental health provider headquartered in Opelika, has been awarded an...
Sep 1, 2026Open source
Flag football added to SU athletics this fall
CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College will be joining the ranks of the Alabama Community College Conference women’s fla...
Aug 19, 2026Open source
Goodwill and East Alabama Medical Center to host hiring event featuring more than 300 open positions – Op...
WHAT: Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers and East Alabama Medical Center are partnering to host a hiring event in Opelika, connecting job seekers wit...
Aug 12, 2026Open source
AISA expected to end athletics
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The newly formed Gulf States Independent Athletic Association is expected to result in the dissolution of one of...
Aug 4, 2026Open source
Gray presents regional violence prevention initiative to Opelika council
BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIKA — State Rep. Jeremy Gray and Paula Wilson, a coordinator for the initiative and volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun...
Jul 29, 2026Open source
East Alabama Arts announces reimagined 2026-27 Performance Series
BY OBSERVER STAFF OPELIKA — East Alabama Arts has announced its 2026-27 Performance Series, featuring a new lineup, expanded educational programming and pa...
Jul 8, 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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Opelika is in Lee County, Alabama.
Region: Central Alabama
ZIP Codes
36801, 36802, 36803, 36804
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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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Opelika, the seat of Lee County, was first settled in 1832 after the Treaty of Cusseta between the United States and the Creek Nation. It kept its Creek name, which means "large swamp." The Montgomery and West Point Railroad drove the town's growth, carrying cotton through it, and Opelika was chartered as a town on February 9, 1854.
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During the Civil War the railroad made Opelika a Confederate supply point, and in 1864 Union cavalry under Major General Lovell Rousseau raided the area and destroyed rail lines that supplied Confederate forces at Atlanta. Opelika received a new charter in 1870 and nearly doubled in size by 1900. Its downtown was crowded with saloons, and in 1882 two factions, the "Bar Room" led by saloonkeeper Mayor Dunbar and the "Citizens," both claimed the city government; in rioting that November and December a dozen men were wounded and a few killed. The legislature revoked the charter and the governor sent the militia, and appointed commissioners ran the city until its charter was restored in 1899. In 1904 Dr. John Wesley Darden, the first African American physician to treat patients within 30 miles of Opelika, built the Darden House, which became a center of the city's Black community and hosted Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. From 1942 to 1945 Camp Opelika held about 3,000 German prisoners of war, the first from Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps; the site was later deeded to the city and became an industrial park. Sources Wikipedia: Opelika, Alabama The Historical Marker Database: Camp Opelika; Darden House (Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Opelika Historic Preservation Society)
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32.6277710, -85.3586290
Local Time
10:59 AM America/Chicago
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