Place details
Place nameAlabama
Other namesAL
CountryUnited States
Latitude33
Longitude-87
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area has been occupied for over 10,000 years; inhabited by Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw & other tribes when Europeans arrived in 18th cen.; settlers took over area from Amerindians after War of 1812; was Confederate state in Civil War.