Town of Geraldine: Home of the Bulldogs

Historical marker location:

41343 Hwy 75, Geraldine, Alabama

( Marker is on Alabama Route 75, 0.1 miles east of Main Street (Alabama Route 227), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.