Mardisville, Alabama

Mardisville, also known as Jumpers Spring, is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.

Mardisville, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Mardisville, Alabama
Mardisville, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°23′04″N 86°09′33″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTalladega
Elevation
509 ft (155 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID166157[1]

History

The community was originally called Jumpers Spring, purportedly named after a local Creek Indian who lived in the area.[2] The Creek had long controlled this territory as its indigenous inhabitants.

After the United States enforced Indian Removal in the 1830s of most of the Creek people to west of the Mississippi River in Indian Territory, the United States General Land Office opened here in 1834 to sell land. It operated in Mardisville until 1842.[3]

The community was renamed Mardisville in honor of Samuel Wright Mardis, who served as the land agent until his death. At one point, the community was home to a sixteen-room tavern, wood shop, tailor shop, general store, cake shop, bakery, and several churches.[4] It was a trading center for a rural area devoted to cotton plantations. A post office called Mardisville was established in 1833, and operated until 1881.[5]

Notable people

References
  1. "Mardisville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Pioneer Talladega: Its Minutes and Memories". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. Davis, Robert Scott (6 September 2011). Tracing Your Alabama Past - Robert Scott Davis - Google Books. ISBN 9781617035241. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  4. "Winterboro Stagecoach Inn" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. "Talladega County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 November 2014.


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