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Auburn in Lee County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Auburn - Alabama
 
Auburn - Alabama Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Tim & Renda Carr, January 16, 2011
1. Auburn - Alabama Marker
 
Inscription.
Settled by Judge J. J. Harper and others
from Harris County, Georgia, in 1836.
This region was opened to settlement
in 1836-37 by the removal of the
Creek Indians to lands west
of the Mississippi River.

Erected by
The Alabama Officers Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
March 14, 1934

 
Erected 1934 by Alabama Officers Club, Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Marker series. This marker is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution marker series.
 
Location. 32° 36.38′ N, 85° 28.905′ W. Marker is in Auburn, Alabama, in Lee County. Marker is at the intersection of South College Street (Alabama Route 147) and Magnolia Avenue, in the median on South College Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Auburn AL 36830, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Toomers Corner And The Bank Of Auburn (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lathe (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); Auburn University Chapel (about 700 feet away); Auburn University (approx. 0.2 miles away); General James Henry Lane House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Noble Hall (approx. 2.5 miles away); Boom and Change (approx. 6.8 miles away); Loachapoka Historic District (approx. 6.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Auburn.
 
Auburn - Alabama Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Tim & Renda Carr, January 16, 2011
2. Auburn - Alabama Marker
 

 
Also see . . .  Encyclopedia of Alabama entry on Auburn. (Submitted on December 19, 2012, by Laura Hill of Auburn, Alabama.)
 
Auburn - Alabama Marker stands in the median on College Street on the left of the photo Photo, Click for full size
By Tim & Renda Carr, January 16, 2011
3. Auburn - Alabama Marker stands in the median on College Street on the left of the photo
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on January 21, 2011, by TRCP Alliance of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 391 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 21, 2011, by TRCP Alliance of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
 
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