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Marengo-County-Alabama
Marengo County was created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature on February 6, 1818, preceding Alabama’s statehood by almost two years. The land was acquired from the Choctaw Indians under the 1816 Treaty of Fort St. Stephens. In 1817, a group of French immigrants who had been given refuge in the United States after a slave rebellion in Haiti, were given land to establish a colony dedicated to growing wine grapes and olives.
Marengo County Alabama
Marengo County Alabama is a county of the state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,027. The largest city is Demopolis, Alabama and the county seat is Linden, Alabama. Marengo County Alabama is home to the Alabama Rural Heritage Center and Chickasaw State Park. The Tombigbee River and Black Warrior River form portions of the western and northern county borders and provide recreational opportunities.
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Aigleville, Alabama, literally translated as Eagle Town, was a town on the Black Warrior River in Marengo County, Alabama. The settlement was established in late 1818 by former French Bonapartists and refugees from Saint-Domingue, as a part of their Vine and Olive Colony. Each settler at Aigleville owned three separate land lots. These included the town lot, a garden lot (called a small allotment), and a farm (called a large allotment). With the failure of the colony at large, Aigleville was a largely abandoned by the late 1830s.
Chickasaw State Park
Alabama State Park
Gallion Alabama
Marengo County Alabama
The park is located at:
26955 US Hwy 43
Gallion Alabama 365742
334-295-8230
It is in Marengo County Alabama, 4 miles north of Linden Alabama, midway between Tuscaloosa and Mobile. The 520 acre park has modern and primitive camping, large pavilions for grilling, picnic tables, hiking trails, a wading pool and play ground for children. It adjoins a state operated hunting facility, handicap accessible. Additional Alabama State Parks