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Historical Markers in Killen
Florence is the county seat for Lauderdale County
Killen is in Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County (273) ►
ADJACENT TO LAUDERDALE COUNTY Colbert County (122) ►
Lawrence County (72) ►
Limestone County (93) ►
Tishomingo County, Mississippi (30) ►
Giles County, Tennessee (82) ►
Hardin County, Tennessee (656) ►
Lawrence County, Tennessee (61) ►
Wayne County, Tennessee (28) ►
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1 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Killen — Earliest Methodist Congregation in Lauderdale County, Alabama —  |
| Organized June 1818 near mouth of Blue Water Creek by Circuit Riders and became part of Richland Circuit of Giles County, Tenn. Church later moved to Center Star (Originally known as Masonville) and named Driskel's Chapel until círca 1893, then . . . — — Map (db m156911) HM | |||
| 2 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Killen — Gabriel Butler Cemetery — Circa 1809 — |
| Gabriel Butler was one of earliest settlers of Lauderdale County (shown in 1809 Chief Doublehead Reserve Tenant List.) Born 1779 in South Carolina. Died 1856, and buried with 11 descendants within these rock walls hewn from nearby clifts by . . . — — Map (db m310819) HM | |||
| 3 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Killen — Killen and the Canal System — |
| Two hundred feet from where you are, in 40 feet of water, are the remains of Lock Six, the headquarters for a locking system of 9 locks that provided river traffic around the rapids and shoals. The river fall of 136 feet in about 37 miles prevented . . . — — Map (db m141979) HM | |||
| 4 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Killen — Mitchell Town Community — |
| (side 1) Approximately 1.5 miles north of here, across Bluewater Creek near CR76, is the location of an early settlement known as Mitchell Town named for the Mitchells who settled there. In 1833, Samuel Herston owned land in the area which . . . — — Map (db m90837) HM | |||
| 5 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Killen — Muscle Shoals Canal — 1836 - 1918 — |
| Lock Six, headquarters of Muscle Shoals Canal, was located 1.3 miles south of here. An 1836 attempt to build a bypass canal around the shoals proved unsuccessful. On November 10, 1890 the canal from Rogersville to Florence was successfully . . . — — Map (db m28452) HM | |||
| 6 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Killen — Town of Killen — Established 1896 — |
| [Side 1:] The area known as Killen in Lauderdale County, was settled in the early 1800s. In 1826, Joseph Mason was appointed the first postmaster of the new community called Masonville, later to become Killen. The post office existed . . . — — Map (db m35169) HM | |||