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Historical Markers in Valley Head

 
Clickable Map of DeKalb County, Alabama and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg DeKalb County, AL (36) Cherokee County, AL (46) Etowah County, AL (41) Jackson County, AL (92) Marshall County, AL (55) Chattooga County, GA (12) Dade County, GA (16) Walker County, GA (396)  DeKalbCounty(36) DeKalb County (36)  CherokeeCounty(46) Cherokee County (46)  EtowahCounty(41) Etowah County (41)  JacksonCounty(92) Jackson County (92)  MarshallCounty(55) Marshall County (55)  ChattoogaCountyGeorgia(12) Chattooga County (12)  DadeCounty(16) Dade County (16)  WalkerCounty(396) Walker County (396)
Fort Payne is the county seat for DeKalb County
Valley Head is in DeKalb County
DeKalb County (36)  ►
ADJACENT TO DEKALB COUNTY
Cherokee County (46)  ►
Etowah County (41)  ►
Jackson County (92)  ►
Marshall County (55)  ►
Chattooga County, Georgia (12)  ►
Dade County, Georgia (16)  ►
Walker County, Georgia (396)  ►
 
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1 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Valley Head — Former Site of Battelle —
On Winston Street at Sulphur Springs Road, on the right when traveling north on Winston Street.
Thriving iron ore and coal mining community of early 1900’s established by Colonel John Gordon Battelle five miles north of Valley Head. — — Map (db m61018) HM
2 ► Alabama, DeKalb County, Valley Head — Site of Cherokee Council Tree —
On Railroad Avenue at Mountain Street, on the right when traveling west on Railroad Avenue.
Here stood The giant Black Spanish Oak Under which Traditionally Sequoyah Taught his newly invented Alphabet Tree felled by a storm 1934 — — Map (db m28036) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026