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Albertville, AL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Albertville a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Albertville Home page. The Albertville Home page provides as much information as possible on Albertville. Knowing Albertville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Albertville’s Home page, you will also find Albertville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Albertville has a population of 21620. 47.4% of Albertville’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.6 are female. 56.6% of Albertville is married and 64.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $125,716, and the average rent is $684. Household median income in Albertville is $51,095, and the individual median income is $24,599. Albertville’s Ethnic is the following: White(87.5%), Hispanic(29.2%), Multiple(5.6%), Black(3.5%), Other(2.1%), Asian(1.2%), Native(0.1%).
The area which today includes Albertville was inhabited by the indigenous Cherokee, until their removal to Oklahoma in the 1830s. It was near the territory of the Creek nation, and several major trails which afforded communication (or military action) between the two nations crossed the area. It is believed to have been crossed by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto during his expeditions in 1540.During the American Civil War, the area around Albertville was the scene of several mid-level clashes between Union and Confederate forces.The first non-indigenous settlement in what is today Albertville began in the 1850s.
It was named for Thomas A. Albert, an early settler who moved from Georgia and was a town leader until his death in 1876. The city was incorporated in 1891. A post office was established in 1910. At about 4:10 p.m. on April 24, 1908, the city was virtually wiped out by a tornado that became commonly called "The Great Cyclone", or "The Cyclone of 1908".
The storm is believed to have killed 35 people across northeastern Alabama, including 15 in Albertville. Relief was largely delivered by railroad, particularly from the nearby city of Gadsden. Trains from Gadsden transported doctors, nurses, and the Queen City Guards, the Alabama militia company based in Gadsden.
The commander of the latter, future Gadsden mayor and Col. R.A. Mitchell, reported in a dispatch to Governor B.B. Comer: ... The destruction of property here is, I think, unprecedented in the history of the state. I have never seen anything like it, so complete and absolute as to leave little of worth in the path of the storm through town.
On viewing the wreckage, covering easily forty acres or more in the heart of town, it appears incredible that any living being could have escaped the fury of the storm and death ... In 1893, the Alabama Legislature passed an act for the erection of an agricultural college in each of the state's congressional districts.
After some competition, Albertville was awarded the school for the Seventh District. This is the school that evolved into today's Albertville High School, whose sports teams are still known as the "Aggies".In 1910, Albertville had a population of 1,544, becoming the largest community in Marshall County. Before the New Deal, when the Tennessee Valley Authority built Guntersville Dam, flooding on the Tennessee River would frequently leave the county courthouse in Guntersville inaccessible for residents of Albertville and other areas atop Sand Mountain.
In 1919, the Alabama Legislature responded by requiring the erection of a courthouse at Albertville, in which cases arising in that part of the county would be heard.In 1950, Albertville had a population of 5,397, and reclaimed the title (from Guntersville) of the largest city in the county, and has held the distinction ever since. On June 1, 2009, the city council voted to establish English as the town's official language.On April 24, 2010, an EF-3 tornado ripped through downtown Albertville.
The storm resulted in no deaths. The high school was severely damaged, nearly every home had some type of damage, and many were destroyed beyond repair.
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