On East Coats Avenue (Alabama Route 28) at South Main Street (U.S. 43), on the right when traveling west on East Coats Avenue.
created Feb. 7, 1818 by Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by Choctaw Indian Nation.
Named for Marengo, Italy, where Napoleon won victory over Austrians in 1800.
After Napoleon's defeat, some of his exiled officials came here . . . — — Map (db m72963) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 43) at East 8th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
The Alabama Territorial Legislature established Marengo County in 1818. The “Town of Marengo” was then surveyed near the center of the county to serve as county seat. In 1824 lots were sold, and early French immigrants named the town Hohenlinden . . . — — Map (db m72971) HM
On Coats Avenue east of Martin Luther King Jr Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Edd Shields was born into slavery on June 15, 1853, on the Steele plantation in Wilcox County. At age 4, his owner brought him to Marengo County where he remained enslaved until age 12. From 1867-1873, he worked as a farmer, and was educated by . . . — — Map (db m306130) HM
On Cahaba Avenue (Alabama Route 28) at North Mobile Street, on the left when traveling west on Cahaba Avenue.
Constructed 1848 and served as the
seat of county government until 1903.
October 9, 1890 Rube Burrows, the nations most notorious Train Robber, was slain here by Sheriff Jefferson D. Carter.
1903-1915 Linden Public School
1915-1947 . . . — — Map (db m72972) HM
