A County Older Than The State, St. Clair

Historical marker location:

Ashville, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of 6th Avenue and Court Street West, on the left when traveling east on 6th Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1957

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.