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Suggsville, Alabama

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Clarke

Area code(s)
  
251

Local time
  
Thursday 2:48 PM

State
  
Alabama

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
116 m

Suggsville, Alabama

Weather
  
19°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 83% Humidity

Suggsville is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. It was laid out as a town in 1819 at the crossing of the Old Line Road and Federal Road. The name was chosen in honor of a local storekeeper, William Suggs. The first newspaper in Clarke County was published here, the Clarke County Post. The town had many residences, stores, and male and female academies prior to the American Civil War, but declined rapidly in the post-war period.

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Map of Suggsville, AL 36451, USA

The community has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, the Stephen Beech Cleveland House, better known today as "The Lodge".

As of the 1880 U.S. Census, Suggsville as an unincorporated community had 134 persons, then the 3rd largest recorded community in the county behind Grove Hill and Choctaw Corner, today's Thomasville.

Geography

Suggsville is located at 31.58960°N 87.69305°W / 31.58960; -87.69305 and has an elevation of 381 feet (116 m).

Notable people

  • Red Barnes, former Major League Baseball player, cousin of Sam Barnes
  • Sam Barnes, former Major League Baseball player
  • Charles Rudolph d'Olive, World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Born in Suggsville.
  • References

    Suggsville, Alabama Wikipedia