Near Huxford in Escambia County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Old Federal Road
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
1. Old Federal Road Marker
Coley Chapel is the present day site of the former Town of Hadley. MacDavid's Hotel was also located here and was recorded by travelers in the 1830's as a hotel which had "plenty of nice pork, which in some shape or other is the food generally used in this thinly peopled country ..."
Erected 1998 by the Monroe County Heritage Museums and J. L. Bedsole Foundation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 31° 15.724′ N, 87° 25.658′ W. Marker is near Huxford, Alabama, in Escambia County. It is on Butler Road (County Road 45) 0.1 miles south of Neuschwander Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5376 Butler Road, Atmore AL 36502, 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 7 other markers are within 18 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Creek Indian Removal (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named Old Federal Road (approx. 4.7 miles away); Uriah Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.3 miles away); Frisco City Town Park (approx. 11.8 miles away); Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 12.3
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Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
Also see . . .
1. Old Federal Road in Alabama. (Submitted on June 14, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Blog about the marker. (Submitted on June 14, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
2. Coley Chapel Methodist Church looking north from marker.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
3. The view south on Butler Road (County Road 45)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
4. Old Federal Road marker stone.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 805 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 14, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
