Town of Section

Historical marker location:

Section, Alabama

( Marker is on Dutton Road east of Main Street (County Route 43), on the left when traveling east.)

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.