Hayneville in Lowndes County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

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Hayneville

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 11, 2013

1. Hayneville Marker

Inscription. Founded in 1820 by settlers from the Edgefield, Abbeville, and Colleton Districts of South Carolina on property purchased from the U.S. Land Office at Cahaba. Officially named Hayneville in 1831 to honor South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne. Hayne's 1830 debates with Daniel Webster in the U.S. Senate over the nature of the federal union earned fame for the South Carolinian across the South and remain classics in American political discourse.

Erected 1994 by Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 32° 11.035′ N, 86° 34.823′ W. Marker was in Hayneville, Alabama, in Lowndes County. It was at the intersection of West Tuskeena Street (Alabama Route 21) and South Commerce Street ( Route 97), on the left when traveling west on West Tuskeena Street. Located in the town square. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 15 W Tuskeena St, Hayneville AL 36040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once 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 location, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of Jonathan Myrick Daniels (within shouting

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distance of this marker); Lynching in America / The Courthouse Lynching of Theo Calloway (within shouting distance of this marker); Varner's Cash Store (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Missionary Baptist Church, Hayneville (approx. half a mile away); Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 5.2 miles away); Elmore Bolling (approx. 5.8 miles away); Lewis-Smith Cemetery (approx. 6.3 miles away); Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hayneville.

Other markers no longer nearby. Town of Hayneville (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing); The Soldier Dead of Lowndes (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

More about this marker. Marker gone with only pole left standing.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Hayneville Marker Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 2, 2013

2. Hayneville Marker Area

Hayneville Marker post image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, December 29, 2025

3. Hayneville Marker post

Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,403 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 16, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 2. submitted on May 9, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3. submitted on January 1, 2026, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.