Suggsville, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Historical marker at the site
Historical marker at the site
Suggsville, Alabama is located in Alabama
Suggsville, Alabama
Suggsville, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Suggsville, Alabama is located in the United States
Suggsville, Alabama
Suggsville, Alabama
Suggsville, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°35′23″N 87°41′35″W / 31.58960°N 87.69305°W / 31.58960; -87.69305
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyClarke
Elevation
381 ft (116 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code251

Suggsville is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.[1]

History

Suggsville was laid out as a town in 1819 at the crossing of the Old Line Road and Federal Road. The name was chosen in honor of a local storekeeper, William Suggs. The first newspaper in Clarke County was published here, the Clarke County Post.[2] The town had many residences, stores, and male and female academies prior to the American Civil War, but declined rapidly in the post-war period.[3]

The community is located near the site of the Creek War stockades Fort Glass and Fort Madison.[4]

The community has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, the Stephen Beech Cleveland House, better known today as "The Lodge".[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880134—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

As of the 1880 U.S. Census, Suggsville as an unincorporated community had 134 persons, then the 3rd largest recorded community in the county behind Grove Hill and Choctaw Corner, today's Thomasville.

Geography

Suggsville is located at 31°35′23″N 87°41′35″W / 31.58960°N 87.69305°W / 31.58960; -87.69305 and has an elevation of 381 feet (116 m).[1]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Suggsville, Alabama
  2. ↑ "Historical Markers & Sites in Clarke County". Clarke County Historical Society. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Suggsville's Confederate dead remembered". Clarke County Democrat. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
  5. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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