ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA

Escambia County Alabama

 

Escambia County Alabama
Escambia County Alabama

Escambia County Alabama population is 38,319. Its county seat is Brewton, Alabama.

Historic American Indian tribes in the area included the Muskogean-speaking Creek, Choctaw, and Alabama, who had inhabited the lands for centuries and had many settlements. The former two tribes were among those in the Southeast whom the European-American settlers called the Five Civilized Tribes, as they adopted some European-American cultural ways in an attempt to survive alongside the encroachment of settlers moving into the area in the early nineteenth century. Most of these people were removed by United States forces in the 1830s to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

 

Escambia County Alabama Native Americans:

Historic American Indian tribes in the area included the Muskogean-speaking Creek, Choctaw, and Alabama, who had inhabited the lands for centuries and had many settlements. The former two tribes were among those in the Southeast whom the European-American settlers called the Five Civilized Tribes, as they adopted some European-American cultural ways in an attempt to survive alongside the encroachment of settlers moving into the area in the early nineteenth century. Most of these peoples were removed by United States forces in the 1830s to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Escambia County Alabama Cities:

Atmore Alabama

Atmore was founded in Escambia County, two miles from Florida state line in southern Alabama along Highway 31. Prior to the arrival of white settlers, the area was populated with Creek Indians.

William Larkin Williams
William Larkin Williams

Following the Civil War in the 1860s, the Mobile & Great Northern Railroad extended its line south to the Tensaw River near Mobile. The first building on the site of present day Atmore was a small shed constructed along the railroad at which supplies were left for William Larkin Williams, who had a logging operation ten miles down in Florida. Just a supply stop along the railroad, it was simply called Williams Station in 1866.

 

Brewton Alabama

Brewton is the county seat of Escambia County. It is located on the southern border of Alabama just north of the Florida Panhandle. The city has been voted one of the 100 best small towns in America. The area that now includes Brewton was originally part of the Creek Nation. In 1817, Gen. Andrew Jackson ordered the construction of Fort Crawford in the area, in the aftermath of the Creek War of 1813-14.

East Brewton Alabama

Escambia County Alabama Towns:


Flomaton Alabama

Flomaton is located in south-central Escambia County, in the southwestern corner of the state. It is situated less than a mile from the Alabama/Florida border. The town of Flomaton arose in 1869 at a junction of three railroad lines constructed by the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad.

The town went by several names, including Reuterville, Whiting, and Pensacola Junction, until April or May 1908, when it was incorporated as Flomaton, a combination of Florida and Alabama, with -ton added by the U.S. Postal Service.

Pollard Alabama

Pollard is a town in Escambia County. It was the first established county seat of Escambia County, from its creation in 1868 until 1883, when it lost that distinction to Brewton. At the 2010 census the population was 137.

Riverview Alabama

Riverview is a town in Escambia County. At the 2010 census the population was 184, up from 99 at the 2000 census.

Escambia County Alabama Communities:


Canoe Alabama

Originally called Canoe Station, the settlement was a stop along the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad.During the American Civil War, Confederate forces operated out of the area and on March 27-March 28, 1865 10,000 Union soldiers camped in Canoe during the Canoe Rendezvous. During this 24-hour period several Union commanders brought together their forces which had been operating in the area and then moved on towards Blakely, Alabama. 

Dixonville Alabama

Dixonville is a small unincorporated community in Escambia County, on the Florida border. The community name continues south of the border as Dixonville, Florida.

Foshee Alabama

Foshee is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States between Brewton and Pollard on U.S. Route 29. Foshee was founded as a sawmill town and named after Stewart J. Foshee, who owned several sawmills in Escambia County.

Freemanville Alabama

Freemanville is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, near Atmore.

Huxford Alabama

Huxford is an unincorporated community in Escambia County. Huxford is located near Alabama State Route 21, 13.7 miles north of Atmore. Huxford had a post office until November 5, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 36543. Huxford is located along the route of the Federal Road. Huxford has a population of 197 people

Nokomis Alabama

Nokomis is located along U.S. Route 31 and a CSX Transportation line 4.3 miles west-southwest of Atmore. Nokomis has the distinction of having boundaries in three U.S. counties: Escambia, Alabama; Escambia, Florida; and Baldwin, Alabama.

Spring Hill Alabama

Wahl Alabama

Wahl is an unincorporated community in Escambia County.

Escambia County Alabama Ghost Towns

Appleton Alabama

Latitude N31 13.256′ Longitude W87 07.282′
31°13’15.4″N 87°07’16.9″W
31.220933, -87.121367

Booneville Alabama

Latitude N31 12.056′ Longitude W87 36.182′
31°12’03.4″N 87°36’10.9″W
31.200933, -87.603033

Boykin alabama

Latitude N31 08.45′ Longitude W86 52.28′
31°08’27.0″N 86°52’16.8″W
31.140833, -86.871333

Bradley Alabama

Latitude N31 02.009′ Longitude W86 43.533′
31°02’00.5″N 86°43’32.0″W
31.033483, -86.725550

Foshee Alabama

Latitude N31 07.018′ Longitude W83 13.578′
31°07’01.1″N 83°13’34.7″W
31.116967, -83.226300

Keego Alabama

Latitude N31 03.648′ Longitude W87 07.647′
31°03’38.9″N 87°07’38.8″W
31.060800, -87.127450

Kirkland Alabama

Latitude N31 11.308′ Longitude W87 01.830′
31°11’18.5″N 87°01’49.8″W
31.188467, -87.030500

Mason Alabama

Latitude N31 09.434′ Longitude W86 44.926′
31°09’26.0″N 86°44’55.6″W
31.157233, -86.748767

Nokomis Alabama

Latitude N31 00.615′ Longitude W87 33.882′
31°00’36.9″N 87°33’52.9″W
31.010250, -87.564700

Pollard Alabama

Latitude N31 01.626′ Longitude W87 10.415′
31°01’37.6″N 87°10’24.9″W
31.027100, -87.173583

Roberts Alabama

Latitude N31 04.909′ Longitude W86 53.337′
31°04’54.5″N 86°53’20.2″W
31.081817, -86.888950

Teddy Alabama

Latitude N31 11.924′ Longitude W86 47.653′
31°11’55.4″N 86°47’39.2″W
31.198733, -86.794217

Wallace Alabama

Latitude N31 12.584′ Longitude W87 13.0951
31°12’35.0″N 87°13’05.7″W
31.209733, -87.218252

 

Escambia County Alabama Historic Destinations

Thomas E. McMillan Museum and Alabama Room – Brewton

Poarch Band of Creek Indians Museum – Atmore

Escambia County Alabama Indian Reservation:


Poarch Creek Indian Reservation

Escambia County Alabama Webliinks

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