Cullman in Cullman County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Colonel John G. Cullmann
Founder of Cullman, Alabama 1873
| | 1823 - 1895 | |
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr
1. Colonel John G. Cullmann Marker
July 2, 1823 - December 3, 1895
Thrifty German Colonists led by
Col. John G. Cullmann in 1873
settled this thinly populated plateau
of Alabama.
Erected 1973 by Cullman Federated Garden Club.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1897.
Location. 34° 9.842′ N, 86° 50.765′ W. Marker is in Cullman, Alabama, in Cullman County. It can be reached from the intersection of 9th Street Southeast and Main Avenue Southwest. Marker is located in the center of the Cullman City Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cullman AL 35055, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Evangelical Protestant Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bent But Not Broken (approx. 0.6 miles away); Weiss Cottage (approx. Ύ mile away); St. Johns Evangelical Protestant Church (approx. Ύ mile away); Sand Mountain Plateau (approx. 0.8 miles away); Die Deutsche Kolonie Von Nord Alabama (approx. one mile away); Cullman Railroad Depot (approx. 1.1 miles away); Johann Gottfried Cullmann (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cullman.
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Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, July 31, 2010
2. Colonel John G. Cullmann Burial Site in the Cullman City Cemetery
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, July 31, 2010
3. Colonel John G. Cullmann Marker
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, July 31, 2010
4. Colonel John G. Cullmann Burial Site
Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, July 31, 2010
5. Colonel John G. Cullmann's Headstone
Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,991 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
