Prattville in Autauga County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Indian Springs Post Office Thomas Hill House Union Baptist Meeting House
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2013
1. Indian Springs Post Office-Thomas Hill House-Union Baptist Meeting House Marker
Location of considerable Community activity in the early nineteenth-century Autauga County
Thomas Hill House
Site of first Court after Autauga became a County
Union Baptist Meeting House
1830s forerunner of First Baptist Church
The above sites were located
within ½ mile radius of this spot.
Erected 1995 by Autauga County Heritage Association and Alabama Historical Association.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association, and the Postal Mail and Philately series lists.
Location. 32° 26.302′ N, 86° 27.506′ W. Marker is in Prattville, Alabama, in Autauga County. It is on Dosterville Road 1½ miles west of South Memorial Drive (U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 879 Doster Road, Prattville AL 36067, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Doster Road Artesian Well House (approx. one mile away); Buena Vista (approx. 1.1 miles away);
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2013
2. Marker Area
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 17, 2013
3. Marker Area
Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,849 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 17, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
