Emma Knox Kenan Library

Historical marker location:

312 South Commerce Street, Geneva, Alabama

( Marker is on South Commerce Street (Alabama Route 27) north of East Church Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Founded 1904

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.