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Guntersville (previously known as Gunter's Ferry and later Gunter's Landing) is a city and the county seat of Marshall County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census , the population of the city was 8,553. [ 5 ]
The Downtown Guntersville Historic District is a historic district in Guntersville, Alabama. The district includes most of the central business district of Guntersville, as well as some houses. The town was founded in the 1820s as a port on the Tennessee River.
The Albert G. Henry Jr. House is a historic residence in Guntersville, Alabama.It was built in 1895 by Albert G. Henry Jr., a prominent merchant in the town. Henry's grandfather came to Marshall County in 1828, establishing a mercantile business along the Tennessee River.
The lake stretches 75 miles (121 km) from Guntersville Dam to Nickajack Dam.It is Alabama's largest lake at 69,100 acres (279.6 km 2). [1]It is separated by the Guntersville Dam from Wheeler Lake, which is 68,300 acres (276.4 km 2) and the second largest lake.
Marshall County is a county of the state of Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 97,612. [1] Its county seat is Guntersville. [2] A second courthouse is in Albertville. Its name is in honor of John Marshall, famous Chief Justice of the United States. [3]
Guntersville Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Alabama.It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to create a continuous navigation channel on the entire length of the river and bring flood control and economic ...
The house was built in 1875–77 by Pat Henry, a prominent local merchant. Henry's grandfather and father were also merchants, and built their business into the largest in the Marshall County.
The Old Rock School (also known as the Guntersville City School) is a historic building in Guntersville, Alabama. The one-story building was constructed in 1926 in a flat-figure 8 shape, with two courtyards in the middle. It was built in the American Craftsman style, with rock facing and exposed rafters tails.