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Locust Fork, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Blount. Associated ZIP codes: 35097.
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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-...
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
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Locust Fork is in Blount County, Alabama.
Region: North Alabama
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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-...
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Locust Fork, in Blount County, takes its name from a story about Andrew Jackson, who camped at the fork of the river with his troops and carved his name in a locust tree; the town's marker dates the visit to 1813 and Wikipedia to 1815.
In 1817 the Hanby family came from Virginia and settled near the Polly Martin Ford on the Warrior River, where they built a three-story log inn. Gabriel Hanby, who died in March 1826 and is buried in the Hudson Cemetery, is credited as the first person to represent Blount County in the Alabama Legislature. Nick Hudson also kept an inn, with barns for the horses and hogs Tennessee farmers drove south to better markets. The community's first church was built with enslaved labor near Robinette Springs, and Tabernacle Methodist Church served for both church and school. A new school was built in 1921 and a high school in 1937 with Works Progress Administration help; it burned on January 10, 1961, and was replaced. Locust Fork was incorporated on January 18, 1977, with F. M. Wilder as its first mayor. Sources The Historical Marker Database: History of Locust Fork (Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Locust Fork) Wikipedia: Locust Fork, Alabama
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