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Chickasaw State Park is a locally managed public recreation area located on
U.S. Route 43 U.S. Route 43 (US 43) is a north–south United States Highway in the Southern United States, Southern states of Alabama and Tennessee. It travels from Prichard, Alabama, to Columbia, Tennessee. The highway's southern terminus is in Pr ...
approximately north of Linden in
Marengo County Marengo County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,323. The largest city is Demopolis, and the county seat is Linden. It is named in honor of the Battle of ...
,
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. The
state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...
was developed in the 1930s by members of the
Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
on property that the state had owned since 1819. It was one of several Alabama state parks that either closed or saw curtailment of services in 2015 following state budget cuts.


Activities and amenities

The park offers picnicking, playground, and camping facilities and is a stop on the Alabama Black Belt Birding Trail.


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Chickasaw State Park
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources {{authority control State parks of Alabama Protected areas of Marengo County, Alabama Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama Alabama placenames of Native American origin