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In 1832, the legislature relocated the county seat to Monroeville from Claiborne on the Alabama River. The settlement was briefly renamed "Centerville" due to its location in the center of the county, and then was formally changed to Monroeville. The town was not formally incorporated until April 15, 1899. [4]
The county seat, Monroeville, is the home of two notable 20th-century authors, Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee, who were childhood neighbors. The novelist Mark Childress and journalist Cynthia Tucker are also Monroe County natives. In 1997 the Alabama Legislature designated Monroeville and Monroe County as the "Literary Capital of Alabama".
The Monroeville Downtown Historic District is a 40-acre (16 ha) historic district in downtown Monroeville, Alabama. It is centered on the courthouse square and the streets that border it. The streets include Claiborne Street on the south, Alabama Avenue on the east, Pineville Road on the north and Mount Pleasant Avenue on the west.
Location of Monroe County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
File talk:Map of Alabama highlighting Monroe County.svg; Template:Monroe County, Alabama ... Monroeville (Alabama) Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Orte im Monroe County ...
View north from the south end of SR 21 A sign denoting Alabama State Route 21, located in Talladega.. Starting at the northern terminus of Florida State Road 97 at the Florida state line south of Atmore, the route travels north through Atmore, passing under an intersection with Interstate 65 at exit 57, then enters Monroe County and travels northeast through Frisco City and Monroeville and is ...
Monroe County Airport (IATA: MVC, ICAO: KMVC, FAA LID: MVC) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Monroeville, in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. [1]
It was incorporated as a town on December 20, 1820 by the Alabama Legislature. [3] The James Dellet House is the only original residence remaining in Claiborne. The first paddle steamer, the Harriet, to reach this far up the Alabama River landed at Claiborne in 1821. At that time the population had reached 2000 people.