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K : 21 Authors Found

James P. Kaetz

Section
Section is located in southeastern Jackson County in the northeastern corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

James P. Kaetz

Adamsville
Adamsville is located in central Jefferson County in the central part of Alabama. It lies to the northwest...

Alabama Department of Public Safety
The Alabama Department of Public Safety had its origins in the establishment of the Alabama Highway Patrol...

Alabama Department of Senior Services
The Alabama Department of Senior Services (ADSS) administers grants to local agencies to support a variety...

Alabama River Museum
The Alabama River Museum is owned and operated by the Monroe County Heritage Museum (MCHM). Located...

Alabaster
Alabaster is located in central Alabama in Shelby County. It has a mayor/council form of government....

Aliceville
Aliceville is located in southern Pickens County in west-central Alabama, approximately 10 miles from...

Allgood
Allgood is located in southeast Blount County in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Altoona
Altoona is located in western Etowah County in northeast Alabama, with a small portion of the town crossing...

Arab
Arab is located primarily in west-central Marshall County, although part of the city also is located...

Ardmore
Ardmore is located in north-central Limestone County on the northern border of the state; it lies across...

Argo
Argo is located in west-central St. Clair County and northeast Jefferson County in the central part of...

Ariton
Ariton is located in northwest Dale County in the southeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Ashford
Ashford is located in the southeast corner of Alabama in Houston County. It has a mayor/council form...

Ashville
Ashville is one of two county seats in St. Clair County, the other being Pell City; it is located in...

Atmore
The largest city in Escambia County, Atmore is located in southwestern Alabama near the Florida state...

Autaugaville
Autaugaville is located in southeast Autauga County in the central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Babbie
Babbie is located in central Covington County, in the extreme south-central part of the state. It has...

Baileyton
Baileyton is located in northeast Cullman County in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Bangor Cave
Located in Blount County near the former resort town of Blount Springs, Bangor Cave is best known for...

Battle of Burnt Corn Creek
The Battle of Burnt Corn Creek, often cited as the first real battle of the Creek War of 1813-14, took...

Bayou La Batre
Bayou La Batre is located on Mobile Bay in Mobile County in the southwest corner of the state. It has...

Berry
Berry is located in southeastern Fayette County in the northwest part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Boaz
Boaz is located in the northeast part of the state primarily in Marshall County, although part of the...

Boligee
Boligee is located in southwest Greene County in the west-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Brantley
Brantley is located in south-central Crenshaw County in the south-central part of the state. It has a...

Brent
Brent is located in central Alabama in Bibb County. It has a mayor/council form of government. History...

Bridgeport
Bridgeport is located in the northeast corner of Alabama in Jackson County. It has a mayor/city council...

Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park is a 45-acre park in Bibb County located between Centreville...

Brighton
Brighton is located in south-central Jefferson County in the central part of the state. It is named for...

Calera
Calera is located in southern Shelby County in the central part of the state. Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin,...

Camden
Camden is the county seat of Wilcox County; it is located in southwest Alabama. It has a mayor/city council...

Carrollton
Carrollton is the county seat of Pickens County. It has a mayor/city council form of government. History...

Castleberry
Castleberry, which bills itself as the Strawberry Capital of Alabama, is located in south-central Conecuh...

Chatom
Chatom is the county seat of Washington County. It is located in southwest Alabama about 15 miles from...

Chelsea
Chelsea is located in north-central Shelby County in the central part of the state. It has a mayor-council...

Chickasaw
Chickasaw is located in east-central Mobile County, in the extreme southwest corner of the state. Well-known...

Childersburg
Childersburg is located in southwest Talladega County in north-central Alabama. It has a mayor/city council...

City of Moundville
Moundville is located in north-central Hale County and south-central Tuscaloosa County, with the majority...

Clayhatchee
Clayhatchee is located in southwest Dale County, in the southeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Clio
Clio is located in southwest Barbour County in the southeast corner of Alabama. It has a mayor/council...

Coffeeville
Coffeeville is located on the Tombigbee River in northwest Clarke County in the southwest corner of the...

Collinsville
Collinsville is located in both DeKalb County and Cherokee County in the northeast corner of Alabama...

Colony
Colony is located in southeast Cullman County in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Columbiana
Columbiana is the county seat of Shelby County; it is located near the geographic center of the state....

Coosada
Coosada is located in the southwest corner of Elmore County in the east-central part of the state. It...

Cordova
Cordova is located in central Walker County, in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Cottonwood
Cottonwood is located in south-central Houston County in the extreme southeast corner of the state. It...

Cowarts
Cowarts is located in west-central Houston County in the extreme southeast corner of the state. It has...

Dadeville
Located in east-central Alabama, Dadeville is the county seat of Tallapoosa County. It has a mayor/city...

Daleville
Daleville is located in southwest Dale County, in the southeast corner of the state. The town is located...

Dayton
Dayton is located in Marengo County, in the west-central part of the state. History...

Deatsville
Deatsville is located in western Elmore County in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Double Springs
Double Springs is the county seat of Winston County. It is located in north-central Alabama about 35...

Dozier
Dozier is located in southern Crenshaw County, in the south-central part of the state. It has a mayor-city...

EBSCO Industries
From its beginnings in 1936 as a door-to-door magazine subscription sales company, Birmingham-based EBSCO...

East Brewton
East Brewton is located in Escambia County in the southwest corner of the state; it is approximately...

Eclectic
Eclectic is located in northeastern Elmore County in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Elberta
Elberta is located in Baldwin County in the southernmost region of the state. It has a mayor/city council...

Elmore
Elmore is located in west-central Elmore County in the east-central corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Maria Fearing
Maria Fearing (1838-1937), a noted Presbyterian missionary, was born into slavery in Alabama. She financed...

Flomaton
Flomaton is located in south-central Escambia County, in the southwestern corner of the state. It is...

Florala
Florala is located in southern Covington County in south-central Alabama, on the Alabama-Florida line....

Foley
Foley is located in southwest Alabama in Baldwin County. It has a mayor/council form of government. ...

Frisco City
Frisco City is located in southwest Alabama in Monroe County. It has a mayor/council form of government....

Fultondale
The city of Fultondale is located in central Jefferson County just north of Birmingham. It has a mayor/council...

Garden City
Garden City is located in both Blount and Cullman counties in the north-central part of the state; the...

Geraldine
Geraldine is located in south-central DeKalb County in the northeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Glen Allen
Glen Allen is located in north-central Fayette County and south-central Marion County, with the majority...

Good Hope
Good Hope is located in Cullman County, in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Goodwater
Goodwater is located in the northeast corner of Coosa County in central Alabama. It is the largest city...

Gordo
Gordo is located in east-central Pickens County in the west-central part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Graysville
Graysville is located in northwestern Jefferson County in the central part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Guin
Guin is located in south-central Marion County in the northwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores is located in southern Baldwin County in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Guntersville
Located on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Guntersville, Guntersville is the county seat of Marshall County...

Hamilton
Hamilton is the county seat of Marion County. It has a mayor/city council form of government. History...

Hartford
Hartford is located in east-central Geneva County in the extreme southeast corner of the state, about...

Hartselle
Hartselle is located in north-central Alabama in Morgan County. It has a mayor/council form of government....

Headland
Headland is located in the southeast corner of Alabama in Henry County. It has a mayor/city council form...

Helena
Helena is located in both Shelby and Jefferson counties in central Alabama. It has a mayor-city council...

Henagar
Henagar is located in northeast DeKalb County in the northeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Highland Lake
Highland Lake is located in southeast Blount County in the north-central part of the state. It has a...

Hokes Bluff
Hokes Bluff is located on a high bluff overlooking the Coosa River in southeast Etowah County in the...

Holly Pond
Holly Pond is located in Cullman County, in the north-central part of the state. Former governor Guy...

Homewood
Homewood is located in southwest Jefferson County in the central part of Alabama. It has a mayor-city...

Hueytown
The city of Hueytown is located in southwestern Jefferson County in the central part of Alabama, just...

Hurtsboro
Hurtsboro is located in central Russell County in southeastern Alabama. It has a mayor city-council form...

Ider
Ider is located in northern DeKalb County in the northeastern part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Jackson
Jackson is located in southwest Alabama in Clarke County, on the Tombigbee River. It has a mayor-council...

Jasper
Jasper is the county seat of Walker County, located in the north-central part of the state. It has a...

Jemison
Jemison is located in Chilton County in the central part of the state. History...

Kimberly
Kimberly is located in north-central Jefferson County in the central part of Alabama. It has a mayor/council...

Lanett
Lanett is located in eastern Chambers County on the Alabama-Georgia line in the east-central part of...

Leesburg
Leesburg is located in western Cherokee County in the northeastern corner of the state, less than a mile...

Leighton
Leighton is located in eastern Colbert County, in the northwest corner of the state. It has a mayor-city...

Lincoln
Lincoln is located in northwest Talladega County, in east-central Alabama. Initially a town dependent...

Lincoln School
The Lincoln School in Marion, Perry County, was one of the first institutions established for the education...

Linden
Linden is the county seat of Marengo County in west-central Alabama. It has a mayor/city council form...

Lockhart
Lockhart is located in south-central Covington County in south-central Alabama just northwest of Florala...

Locust Fork
Locust Fork is located in Blount County in the northeastern portion of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Louisville
Louisville is located in central Barbour County in the southeast corner of the state. History...

Loxley
Loxley is located in central Baldwin County, in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Autherine Lucy
Autherine Lucy Foster (1929- ) was the first African American to be enrolled at the University of Alabama...

Magnolia Springs
Magnolia Springs is located in south Baldwin County in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Malvern
Malvern is located in northeastern Geneva County in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. It...

Maplesville
Maplesville is located in southwest Chilton County, in the central part of the state. It has a mayor-city...

McKenzie
McKenzie straddles the border in south-central Butler and northeast Conecuh County in the south-central...

Midfield
Midfield is located in central Jefferson County just south of Birmingham in the central part of the ...

Midland City
Midland City is located in southeast Dale County in the southeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Midway
Midway is located in eastern Bullock County, in southeastern Alabama. It has a mayor-city council form...

Moody
The city of Moody is located in St. Clair County in the northeastern portion of the state to the northeast...

Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is located in south-central Mobile County in the far southwestern corner of the state. It...

Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals is located in the northwest corner of Alabama and is the largest city in Colbert County...

New Brockton
New Brockton is located in Coffee County in the southeastern portion of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Newton
Newton is located in Dale County in the southeast corner of the state adjacent to Fort Rucker. It has...

Newville
Newville is located in southwestern Henry County in the southeastern corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Odenville
Odenville is located in St. Clair County in the north-central part of Alabama. It has a mayor/council...

Ohatchee
Ohatchee is located in Calhoun County in the northeastern portion of the state. It has a mayor/city council...

Old Monroe County Courthouse Museum
The Old Monroe County Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Monroe County, is the centerpiece of a five-site...

Opp
Opp is located in northeast Covington County in the south-central part of the state. It is best known...

Orange Beach
Orange Beach is located in southern Baldwin County in the southwest corner of the state on Alabama's...

Parrish
Parrish is located in central Walker County in the northeast region of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Pelham
Pelham is located in Shelby County in central Alabama. It has a mayor-city council form of government....

Pell City
Pell City is one of two county seats of St. Clair County, the other being Ashville; it is located in...

Perdido Beach
Perdido Beach is located in southern Baldwin County in the southwest corner of the state on Perdido Bay...

Piedmont
Piedmont is located primarily in Calhoun County, although part of the city also is located in Cherokee...

Pike Road
Pike Road is located in northeastern Montgomery County in the south-central part of the state. It has...

Pine Hill
Pine Hill is located in western Wilcox County in the west-central region of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Pisgah
Pisgah is located in southeastern Jackson County in the northeastern corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove is located in southwest Jefferson County in the north-central part of Alabama. It has...

Powell
Powell is located in north-central DeKalb County in the northeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Prichard
Prichard is located in the southwest corner of Mobile County. It has a mayor/council form of government....

Ragland
Ragland is located in northeast St. Clair County in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Rainbow City
Rainbow City is located in Etowah County in northeastern Alabama, just south of Gadsden along the Coosa...

Rainsville
Rainsville is located in central DeKalb County, in the northeast corner of the state. Rainsville has...

Ranburne
Ranburne is located in south-central Cleburne County, in the east-central part of the state. It has a...

Red Bay
Red Bay is located in western Franklin County in the northwest corner of the state, approximately one...

Reece City
Reece City is located in central Etowah County in the northeastern corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Rehobeth
Rehobeth is located just southwest of Dothan in west-central Houston County in the extreme southeastern...

Rikard's Mill Historical Park
Rikard's Mill Historical Park is a site owned and operated by the Monroe County Heritage Museum...

Riverside
Riverside is located in southeast St. Clair County in the central part of the state, beside Logan Martin...

Roanoke
Roanoke is located in east central Alabama and is the largest city in Randolph County. It has a mayor/city...

Robertsdale
Robertsdale is located in the southwest section of Baldwin County, in the southwestern corner of Alabama...

Samson
Samson is located in western Geneva County in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. It has a...

Saraland
Saraland is located in central Mobile County, in extreme southwest Alabama. It has a mayor-city council...

Sardis City
Sardis City is located in the northeastern corner of the state largely in northwest Etowah County, with...

Satsuma
Satsuma is located in northeast Mobile County in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Silverhill
Silverhill is located in southern Baldwin County in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Skyline
Skyline is located in central Jackson County in the northeast corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Slocomb
Slocomb is located in Geneva County in the extreme southeastern part of the state, approximately 10 miles...

Snead
Snead is located in Blount County in the northeast portion of the state. It has a mayor/city council...

Southside
Southside is located in west-central Etowah County in the northeast part of the state, on the Coosa ...

Springville
Springville is located in central St. Clair County, in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/council...

Stevenson
Stevenson is located in north central Jackson County in the far northeast corner of the state. It has...

Hudson Strode
Hudson Strode (1892-1976), although a prolific author in his own right, is best remembered for his creative...

Summerdale
Summerdale is located in southern Baldwin County in the southwest corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Susan Moore
Susan Moore is located in northeast Blount County in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Sylvania
Sylvania is located in west-central DeKalb County in northeastern Alabama. It has a mayor/city council...

Taylor
Taylor is located in both Geneva and Houston counties in the southeast corner of the state, with most...

Thomasville
Thomasville is located in northeast Clarke County in the southwest part of the state. Well-known Alabama...

Thorsby
Thorsby is located in north-central Chilton County in the central part of Alabama. It has a mayor/council...

Trinity
Trinity is located in northwest Morgan County in the north-central part of the state, just west of the...

Uniontown
Uniontown is located in western Perry County in west-central Alabama. It has a mayor-city council form...

Valley
Valley is located in Chambers County in east-central Alabama, immediately on the border between Alabama...

Vincent
Sections of Vincent are located in three counties: Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega. The majority of...

Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove is located in western Etowah County in the northeastern corner of the state. It has a mayor/city...

Warrior
Warrior is located in both Jefferson County and Blount County in the north-central part of the state....

Weaver
Weaver is located in Calhoun County in the northeast part of the state. It has a mayor/council form of...

Webb
Webb is located in north-central Houston County in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. It has...

West Blocton
West Blocton is located in Bibb County just southwest of Birmingham in the central part of the state...

White Hall
White Hall is located in Lowndes County in the central part of the state, just west of the capital at...

Winfield
Winfield is located in northwest Alabama in Marion County. It has a mayor/council form of government....

Judith A. Kamnikar

Alabama Department of Finance
The Alabama Department of Finance is the executive and administrative department that enables the governor...

Juanita Karpf

Amelia Tilghman
Trained as an educator, Amelia L. Tilghman (1856-1931) was also noted in her day as a musician, journalist,...

Noel Harold Kaylor

Troy University
Since its creation in 1887, Troy University has evolved from a training school for teachers into its...

LeeAnna Keith

Alabama Fever
The opening of present-day Alabama to settlement when the Creek War of 1813-14 ended inspired a wave...

Joyce Kelley

Janice Harrington
Janice N. Harrington (1956- ) is a professional storyteller and author who writes picture books for children...

Angela Johnson
Angela Johnson (1961- ) is an acclaimed author of children's picture books, young adult novels,...

Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
Children's author, teacher, and public speaker Louise Clarke "Pyrnelle" Parnell (1850-1907) was...

Brian Kelly

Birmingham District Coal Strike of 1908
In 1908, Birmingham witnessed one of the most remarkable labor disputes in American history. A bitter...

Organized Labor in Alabama
The history of labor relations in Alabama is both similar to and different from that of other southern...

Caroline Kelly

Burritt on the Mountain
In 1955, physician and Huntsville native William Henry Burritt (1869-1955) willed his estate and mansion,...

Mike Kensler

Water Resources in Alabama
Freshwater is one of Alabama's greatest assets. The state's many rivers and streams and abundant...