How a Rick Jackson loan became an Alabama Democratic talking point
The Alabama hospital that drew scrutiny to Republican Rick Jackson is now featured in a Democratic campaign ad in one of the South’s most competitive congr...
Sep 16, 2026Open source
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Gainestown, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Clarke. Associated ZIP codes: 36540.
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Jackson Hospital announces “verbal” agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield to keep the hospital open
Jackson Hospital posted on social media Friday that it has reached an agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, which will allow the financially-trou...
Jul 4, 2026Open source
Alabama A&M and Jackson State to meet in 9th annual Gulf Coast Challenge
For the fifth year in a row, Alabama A&M and Jackson State will face each other at Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Jun 23, 2026Open source
Judge to rule in Jackson Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama dispute Wednesday
After a seven-hour hearing, Judge Christopher Hawkins says he will rule to either grant or deny Jackson Hospital’s emergency motion for a preliminary injun...
Jun 17, 2026Open source
BCBS Alabama responds to Jackson Hospital’s warning of imminent closure without deal
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama responded Thursday to Jackson Hospital’s court filing warning a bankruptcy court that it’s running out of time and that...
Jun 5, 2026Open source
City of Jackson, Alabama Facebook page says police chief retiring
JACKSON, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Jackson, Alabama Facebook page says the police chief is retiring.
May 2, 2026Open source
‘I’ve become less optimistic’ says CEO as Jackson Hospital sets closing deadline for BCBS Alabama deal
By this time in July, there’s a very real possibility that Jackson Hospital, one of the River Region’s major medical centers, could be closed, its CEO be...
Jun 5, 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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Gainestown is in Clarke County, Alabama.
Region: South Alabama
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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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Gainestown, on the Alabama River, is named for George Strother Gaines, the senior U.S. Indian agent in the region, who established a trading post here in 1809 for trade with the Choctaw and Creek. The area had been home to the Alabama people, for whom the state and river are named. The exact founding date of the town is unclear, but it was being called Gainestown by 1815, after the trading post closed in 1814 at the end of the Creek War.
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The war came close. On November 12, 1813, at the mouth of Randon's Creek nearby, Captain Sam Dale, Jeremiah Austill and James Smith, with a ferryman named Caesar holding the canoes together, fought nine Creek warriors in the famous Canoe Fight; eight of the warriors were killed. The victory checked Creek raids west of the Alabama River and let Clarke County settlers return to their farms. In the steamboat era Gainestown grew into the largest river port between Mobile and Selma and a center of cattle, cotton and truck farming. According to the local marker, it sent Clarke County's delegate to the secession convention and the master mechanic who helped build the Confederate submarine Hunley. After the Civil War the town slowly declined, and a tornado on March 26, 1911, destroyed at least 12 homes. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Gainestown; The Canoe Fight (Clarke County Historical Society) Wikipedia: Gainestown, Alabama
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31.4258220, -87.6821760
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