Main Street Historic District

Historical marker location:

200 Gault Ave S #1, Fort Payne, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Gault Avenue South (U.S. 11) and 2nd Street SW, on the left when traveling north on Gault Avenue South.)

Marker installed: 1989

The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.