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Ashville is a city [2] in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, [3] other seat being Pell City. Its population was 2,212 at the 2010 census , down from 2,260, at which time it was a town.
1725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement. The French also colonized the region. In 1702 they founded a settlement on the Mobile River near its mouth, constructing Fort Louis. For the next nine years this was the French seat of government of New France, or La Louisiane . In 1711, they abandoned Fort Louis because of ...
The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. In the Lee Resolution , passed by the Second Continental Congress two days prior, the colonies resolved that they were free and independent states.
The colony's capital of New Amsterdam was founded in 1625 and located at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan, which grew to become a major world city. The city was captured by the English in 1664; they took complete control of the colony in 1674 and renamed it New York .
The Ashville Historic District in Ashville, Alabama is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] In 2005, it included 122 contributing buildings plus one other contributing site and one other contributing object.
St. Clair County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,103. [2] It has two county seats: Ashville and Pell City. [3] It is one of two counties in Alabama, and one of 33 in the United States, with more than one county seat.
Founded by a group led by William Houlton and John King. 1654: Pelham: New York: United States: Founded by Thomas Pell, who purchased 9,000 acres (14 sq mi) from the Siwanoy tribe and received a land grant from the English crown. 1655: Cap-Saint-Ignace: Quebec: Canada [24] 1655: Chelmsford: Massachusetts: United States: Founded by settlers from ...
Counties of Alabama Alabama counties (clickable map) Location State of Alabama Number 67 Populations Greatest: 662,895 (Jefferson) Least: 7,341 (Greene) Average: 76,246 (2023) Areas Largest: 1,590 sq mi (4,100 km 2) (Baldwin) Smallest: 535 sq mi (1,390 km 2) (Etowah) Average: 782 sq mi (2,030 km 2) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census ...