Historical Markers in Killen, Alabama

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Historical Markers in Killen, Alabama

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 — 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

3 ► 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

4 ► 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

5 ► 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

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