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Owen and Vivian Welch Blackwell founded Blackwell Nurseries, Inc.
in 1938, and by the late 1960s the nursery became known as the
largest azalea producer in the nation which helped earn the
reputation of Semmes as the "Nursery Capital of the . . . — — Map (db m226738) HM
This cemetery was
established in the 1800s
as a final resting place
for the Crawford
Community loved ones.
The Lord family donated
the cemetery property
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, April 30, 2009 . . . — — Map (db m116933) HM
Incorporated in 2011. Semmes was named around 1850 in honor of Admiral/General Raphael Semmes, a hero of the South. Semmes has been called the "nursery capital of the world" and is the home of the oldest continuous-in-use school in Alabama. — — Map (db m148582) HM
Semmes First Baptist Church is the oldest church on record in this area. Originally named Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. W.P.H. Judd and D.S. Myers organized the congregation in 1872 in a small log cabin, not far from the present site. Reverend Elias . . . — — Map (db m232094) HM
