Oneonta in Blount County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Blount County

A County Older Than the State

Photographed by Tim Carr, November 7, 2009

1. Blount County Marker

Inscription. Created Feb. 7, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by the Creek Indian Nation. Named for the Tennessee Governor W. G. Blount, who sent militia under Andrew Jackson to punish the Creeks for Fort Mims massacre. Jackson fought and won the Creek War. Creek gave up half of their lands in Treaty of Ft. Jackson, 1814. Some of Jackson's men were first settlers of Blount. County seat moved here in 1889.

Erected 2006 by Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association, and the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is February 7, 1818.

Location. 33° 56.832′ N, 86° 28.458′ W. Marker is in Oneonta, Alabama, in Blount County. It is at the intersection of Second Avenue East (US Highway 231) and 4th Street North, on the right when traveling west on Second Avenue East (US Highway 231). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oneonta AL 35121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama

and in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Welcome to Oneonta (approx. 0.2 miles away);

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Historic Oneonta L & N Railroad Depot (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Gamble School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Champion Mines (approx. 1.1 miles away); Antioch Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Bailey School (approx. 7.9 miles away); Holly Springs School (approx. 8.4 miles away); Battle Royal (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oneonta.

Also see . . . Blount County. Encyclopedia of Alabama entry. (Submitted on November 10, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama.)

Blount County Marker On The Courthouse Grounds image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, November 7, 2009

2. Blount County Marker On The Courthouse Grounds

Blount County Courthouse Built in 1954 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr

3. Blount County Courthouse Built in 1954

Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 3,416 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 10, 2009, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.