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We would like to provide the residents of  Guntersville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Guntersville Home page. The Guntersville Home page provides as much information as possible on Guntersville. Knowing Guntersville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Guntersville’s Home page, you will also find Guntersville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Guntersville has a population of 8531. 51.1% of Guntersville’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.9 are female. 47.8% of Guntersville is married and 64.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $214,019, and the average rent is $630. Household median income in Guntersville is $50,142, and the individual median income is $25,080. Guntersville’s Ethnic is the following: White(80.4%), Black(12.4%), Multiple(5.9%), Hispanic(2.8%), Asian(0.9%), Other(0.3%), Native(0.1%).


Guntersville was founded by John Gunter (1765–1835), the great-grandfather of American humorist Will Rogers. Gunter's own great-great-grandfather, of Welsh-English descent, had emigrated to the New World in 1644. Gunter was the wealthy owner of a salt mine in the early 19th century. In order to obtain more land to mine, Gunter struck a deal with the Cherokee tribe that inhabited the area to use in his household as servants.


As part of the deal, Gunter married the daughter (Ghe-No-He-Li, aka Katy and Cathrine) of the tribe's chief (Chief Bushyhead of the Paint Clan) and agreed to give salt to the tribe. A town sprung up next to the mine and was named after Gunter. The town of Guntersville puts on a festival every July to celebrate Will Rogers, which involves many activities which were of interest to Rogers.Initially incorporated as "Gunter's Landing" in 1848, it won the contest to become county seat from Warrenton (which had been the seat since 1841).


It formally changed its name to Guntersville in 1854.The United States Navy began operating a fleet of gunboats on the Tennessee River in late 1864. Confederate troops mounted a spirited defense of the river from Guntersville. In January 1865, the USS General Grant attempted to destroy the town in retaliation.For much of the 20th century, the economy of Guntersville revolved around cotton processing, especially with the Saratoga Victory Mill.


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