Frisco City in Monroe County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Frisco City Town Park
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
1. Frisco City Town Park Marker
This park area was given
to the Jones Mill, now
Frisco City community,
by J.W. Jones
in the year 1913.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
Location. 31° 25.907′ N, 87° 24.213′ W. Marker is in Frisco City, Alabama, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of Bowden Street (Alabama Route 21) and Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Bowden Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Bowden Street, Frisco City AL 36445, 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Wiggins Cemetery (approx. 5.8 miles away); Truman Capote (approx. 7.9 miles away); Lafayette's Tour (approx. 8 miles away); Masonic Lodge No. 3 (approx. 8.1 miles away); Monroeville, Alabama (approx. 8.1 miles away); Atticus Finch: Lawyer - Hero (approx. 8.1 miles away); William B. Travis House (approx. 8.1 miles away).
Also see . . . Frisco City. Encyclopedia of Alabama website entry (Submitted on July 28, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
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Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
2. Frisco City Town Park
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
3. Frisco City Town Park with J. W. Jones home in background.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
4. View looking south on Bowden Street
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
5. Old Jones Mill town Post Office
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
6. Old Frisco Railway caboose.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 14, 2015
7. Old Jones Mill jail
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 931 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 14, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
