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CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by Terry W. Platt

During the Civil War, the Confederacy constructed Fort Tyler in Chambers County to protect the railroad bridge, wagon bridge, and Confederate supplies in the city of West Point, Georgia, just over the county line. Union forces seized the fort and destroyed the railroad during the Battle of West Point, one of the last battles of the war.

Posted on December 25, 2020December 26, 2020 by Staff

Valley Alabama is a city in Chambers County. Valley was incorporated in 1980 combining the four textile mill villages of Fairfax, Langdale, River View, and Shawmut. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,524. The city lies on the western bank of the Chattahoochee River, the state border between Alabama and Georgia.