Jenkins Farm / Jenkins Farmhouse

Historical marker location:

Loxley, Alabama

( Marker is on Jenkins Farm Road, 0.2 miles east of U.S. 90, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2020

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.