Places Index - L

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L : 15 Articles Found

  • LaFayette
    LaFayette, the county seat for Chambers County, was named to honor the American Revolutionary War hero,...
  • Lake Martin and the Thomas Wesley Martin Dam
    Created by the construction of the Thomas Wesley Martin Dam, Lake Martin on the Tallapoosa River covers...
  • Lamar County
    Located in the northwest part of the state, Lamar County was created during Reconstruction and underwent...
  • Landmark Park
    Landmark Park, located in Dothan in Houston County, is Alabama's official museum of agriculture...
  • Lawrence County
    Located in northwest Alabama, Lawrence County was the birthplace and boyhood home of Olympian Jesse Owens...
  • Lay Dam and Lake
    Lay Dam, located in Chilton and Coosa counties near the town of Clanton, was the first hydroelectric...
  • Lee County
    Located in east-central Alabama, Lee County was home to two Alabama governors: William J. Samford and...
  • Lewis Smith Lake and Dam
    Smith Lake was created in 1961 by the Alabama Power Company as a result of the company's construction...
  • Limestone County
    The site of numerous Civil War skirmishes, Limestone County is located in the northwest part of the state...
  • Little Cahaba Iron Works
    In 1848 entrepreneur William Phineas Browne established the Little Cahaba Iron Works, which he named...