Historical Markers and War Memorials in Louisville
Louisville, Alabama and Vicinity
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Alabama (Barbour County), Louisville — Louisville —  |
| On Alabama Route 51, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| One of the oldest towns in southeast Alabama was settled in 1817 by Daniel Lewis who established a trading post and named the community “Louisville” after the first capital of Georgia, his hometown. By 1820 four stores, a Methodist . . . — — Map (db m60768) HM | |||
| 2► Alabama (Barbour County), Louisville — Louisville and "Old Alabama" — Creek Heritage Trail — |
| On North Main Street (Alabama Route 51) 0.6 miles south of West Street, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| Louisville is one of the oldest communities in southeastern Alabama. Locąted within territory ceded by the Creeks in the Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ending the Creek War, the area was first settled by Americans as early as 1817. Many of its . . . — — Map (db m111642) HM | |||
| 3► Alabama (Barbour County), Louisville — Louisville World War II Memorial — |
| On Main Street (Alabama Route 51) at Alabama Route 130, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. | |||
| . . . — — Map (db m111576) WM | |||
| 4► Alabama (Barbour County), Louisville — The Battles of Hobdy's Bridge and Pea River — Creek Heritage Trail — |
| On North Main Street (Alabama Route 51) 0.6 miles south of West Street, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| The battles of Hobdy's Bridge and Pea River were the result of the desperate attempt of Creeks to avoid removal to the West by fleeing to Florida along trails bordering the Pea and Conecuh Rivers. The battles marked the last large-scale . . . — — Map (db m111627) HM | |||
| 5► Alabama (Barbour County), Louisville — The Old County Court House — |
| On Alabama Route 51, on the right when traveling north. | |||
| Near this site stood the old Pike County court house which was the county seat of Pike from 1822 to 1827. It also served as the temporary county seat of the newly created Barbour County in 1833, until Clayton was selected. Louisville was settled . . . — — Map (db m60674) HM | |||
| 6► Alabama (Barbour County), Louisville — The Opening of the Second Phase of the Second Creek War — Creek Heritage Trail — |
| On North Main Street (Alabama Route 51) 0.6 miles south of West Street, on the right when traveling south. | |||
| The Second Creek War began in May of 1836 when a portion of area Creeks, angry at their treatment in the wake of the Treaty of Cusseta and in desperate circumstances, struck out against American settlements. A series of small battles occurred . . . — — Map (db m111618) HM | |||
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