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Florala, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Covington. Associated ZIP codes: 36442.
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Florala is in Covington County, Alabama.
Region: South 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...
Florala, on the Alabama–Florida line, takes its name from both states. Lake Jackson, a 500-acre lake at the edge of town and, according to the city, Alabama's largest natural lake, is named for Andrew Jackson, who camped here with an army of 1,200 in May 1818 during the Seminole War on his way west from Fort Gadsden, a march that led to his seizure of Spanish Pensacola. James Edwin Hughes, called the "Father of Florala," arrived in December 1865 and started a homestead.
The town was first called Lake City. By 1875 it had a post office, it was renamed Lakeview in 1877, and in 1891 it became Florala. Since 1870 the town's Masonic lodge has held what is billed as the world's oldest consecutive annual Masonic Day celebration, honoring St. John's Day on June 24. Three railroads reached Florala, the Yellow River Railroad in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville in 1903 and the Central of Georgia in 1904, and lumber became the leading industry after the Jackson Lumber Company was established in 1902. Florala was incorporated in 1901. By the early 1940s all three rail lines had stopped running. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Lake Jackson (Alabama Historical Association) The Historical Marker Database: Downtown Square and Veterans Memorial Park (Alabama Tourism Department and the City of Florala) Encyclopedia of Alabama: Florala Wikipedia: Florala, Alabama
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