Mitchell Town Community

Historical marker location:

7435 US-72, Killen, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Lee Highway (U.S. 72) and County Route 33, on the right when traveling west on Lee Highway.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.