Claysville, Alabama

Claysville is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.

Claysville, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Claysville is located in Alabama
Claysville
Claysville
Claysville is located in the United States
Claysville
Claysville
Coordinates: 34°24′28″N 86°16′19″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMarshall
Elevation
623 ft (190 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID156187[1]

History

Claysville was named in honor of Henry Clay, and served as the county seat of Marshall County from 1836 to 1838.[2] During the American Civil War, Claysville became a strategic location, due to the ferry crossing of the Tennessee River. A Union Army garrison was located here during the latter part of the war.[3] The 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was stationed here under the command of Colonel William P. Lyon.[4] A post office operated under the name Claysville from 1831 to 1879.[5]

References
  1. "Claysville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. Samuel Gillespie; James E. Steele (1909). History of Clay County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1909. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 638–.
  4. Magazine of Western History. 1887. p. 849. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  5. "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.


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