Near Whatley in Clarke County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Suggsville

Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011

1. Suggsville Marker

Inscription. Town laid out in 1819 at crossing of Old Line and Old Federal Roads. Named for Wm. Suggs, storekeeper. Site of Clarke County's first newspaper, cotton gin, carriage, shoe and silk factory. Site of extensive aviation experiments by Dr. Denny 100 years before Wright Bros. Early religious & educational center.

Erected by Clarke County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.

Location. 31° 35.184′ N, 87° 41.459′ W. Marker is near Whatley, Alabama, in Clarke County. It is on Morning Star Road (County Road 35) 4 miles south of U.S. 84, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Whatley AL 36482, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 New Spain,

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Line Road (approx. 3.7 miles away); Whatley, Alabama (approx. 4.6 miles away); Fort Madison-Creek War 1812-13 (approx. 4.7 miles away); Kimbell - James Massacre (approx. 5 miles away); Reverend Timothy Horton Ball, A. M. (approx. 5 miles away); Fort Sinquefield (approx. 5.4 miles away); John Murphy (approx. 5.9 miles away); Old Indian Trail (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whatley.

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Suggsville, Alabama From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Submitted on October 2, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama.)

Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011

2. Suggsville Marker

Suggsville is only a ghost town now. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011

3. Suggsville is only a ghost town now.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,277 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 29, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. 2, 3. submitted on October 2, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.