Hamilton firefighters practice skills on training prop designed to help in multiple situations
The firemen are practicing on a training prop that’s on loan from the Alabama Fire College.
Jun 25, 2026Open source
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Hamilton, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Marion. Associated ZIP codes: 35570.
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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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Hamilton is in Marion County, Alabama.
Region: North Alabama
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35570
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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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Hamilton, the seat of Marion County, stands on land that was once a Chickasaw hunting ground, on General Andrew Jackson's Military Road. In 1821 the Alabama Legislature chose the site for the state's first toll gate, and over the next 60 years a toll house and stage station grew into a community called Toll Gate. Settlers came from Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas. During the Civil War Union troops passed through looking for goods and horses, and a detachment of Wilson's Cavalry burned the Helvingston plantation on the Military Ford south of Toll Gate.
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The county seat was at Pikeville until Captain Albert James Hamilton, son-in-law of county founder Judge John Dabney Terrell, petitioned for a new election, which Toll Gate won in 1881. Hamilton, a Confederate captain, sheriff and state legislator, gave 40 acres of his farm to be sold in lots to pay for a courthouse. The court moved in 1882, the post office was renamed, and the town, established on November 17, 1882, took his name; it was incorporated in 1896. The new courthouse burned on March 30, 1887, and was rebuilt in wood and then in 1901 in native sandstone. Nearby are Chickasaw burial mounds, where Judge Terrell was buried. Hamilton has been the largest city in Marion County since 1980. Sources Wikipedia: Hamilton, Alabama The Historical Marker Database: Hamilton, Alabama (Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Hamilton) The Historical Marker Database: Toll Gate (Marion County Historical Society)
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34.1534130, -88.0085210
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