. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. , about 15 miles east of Lin-den. Altitude: 300 feet. Population: 1910—700. It has a privately owned electric lightplant, a $12,000 county high school building,a $5,000 city school building, a public parkand lake, and an everflowing artesian well1,100 feet deep. The Planters Bank & TrustCo. (State), is its only banking industries consist of a cotton ginnery andwarehouse, a cottonseed oil plant, a brick-works, an ice factory, 2 gristmills, 2 wood-working plants, 3 blacksmith shops, and alumber mill. It was named for the f
. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography. , about 15 miles east of Lin-den. Altitude: 300 feet. Population: 1910—700. It has a privately owned electric lightplant, a $12,000 county high school building,a $5,000 city school building, a public parkand lake, and an everflowing artesian well1,100 feet deep. The Planters Bank & TrustCo. (State), is its only banking industries consist of a cotton ginnery andwarehouse, a cottonseed oil plant, a brick-works, an ice factory, 2 gristmills, 2 wood-working plants, 3 blacksmith shops, and alumber mill. It was named for the founder, Dr. C. , who owned the land on which it issituated. The platting of the site, and thepromoting of its settlement were handled bythe Marengo Improvement Co., which wascomposed of Dr. Thomas, John Wanamakerand ex-Gov. Stone of Philadelphia, the early settlers were the ThomasChapman, Fox, Buck McNeill, Anderson,Moseley, Hollis, and Golden families. Reference.—Manuscript data in the AlabamaDepartment of Archives and HISTORY OP ALABAMA 1315 THOMASVILLE. Post office and stationon the Southern Railway, in the northeastcorner of Clarke County, sees. 23 and 24, , R. 3 E., 18 miles northeast of Grove is situated on the watershed between theAlabama and Tombigbee Rivers. Altitude:289 feet. Population: 1900—686; 1912—1,181. The Farmers Bank & Trust Co., is itsonly bank. The community existed beforethe Indians left the State. It is situated inwhat is known as Choctaw Corners, or theline between the lands of the Choctaw andCreek Nations. Robert Mott and ThomasVick were the first settlers. It is on theJackson military road, and Jackson and hisarmy halted at the spring which is now withinthe limits of the town. The town was estab-lished July 4, 18S7, and named for one ofthe builders of the railroad. Reference.—Manuscript data in the AlabamaDepartment of Archives and History. THOMPSON. Post office and station onthe Central of Georgia Railw
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