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Before 2012, Madison County was partially dry; it only allowed beer sales if the beer's alcohol content was under 6.243 percent. Madison County voters repealed that law in 2012. [72] [74] [75] Suwannee County was formerly dry, but county voters chose to go "wet" by a 2–1 margin in a 2011 vote. [72] Washington County was dry until 2022. [73]
Limestone County was established by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818. [1] On November 27, 1821, the Alabama State legislature passed an Act that altered the boundary of Limestone County to include the area east of the mouth of the Elk River with the Tennessee River. At the time, that area was a part of Lauderdale County. [5]
The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km 2). The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
Alfonso Steele (1817–1911) was born in 1817 in Hardin County, Kentucky, and is buried in Mexia. [43] Anna Nicole Smith (1967–2007) lived briefly in Mexia. Don the Beachcomber (1907–1989) was born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt in Limestone County. Bob Wills (1905-1975) was born on a farm in Kosse, in the southern portion of Limestone ...
Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city is 25,406.
Elkmont is located at (34.930155, -86.977086 The town is concentrated around the intersection of County Road 49 (Upper Fort Hampton Road) and the old railroad line (now the Richard Martin Trail), several miles north of Athens, and a few miles south of the Alabama-Tennessee state line.
The Limestone County Emergency Management Agency has advised that effective January 15, 2024 at 1:00PM, all roads and bridges in Limestone County have been deemed IMPASSABLE, until further notice.
Tanner is an unincorporated community in central southern Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It lies nine miles north of the city of Decatur and the Tennessee River, and four miles south of the city of Athens.