Lake Lurleen is a public
reservoir located in
Tuscaloosa County, in west central
Alabama. It is named after
Lurleen Wallace
Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was the List of Governors of Alabama, 46th governor of Alabama for 15 months from January 1967 until her death. She was the first wife of Alabama governor Georg ...
, the first woman elected
Governor of Alabama
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...
. It is also the location of
Lake Lurleen State Park.
Reservoirs in Alabama
Reservoirs in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
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