Pikeville is a
ghost town
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* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in
Marion County in the
U.S. state
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of
Alabama
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
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.
Pikeville served as the first permanent county seat of Marion County from 1820 to 1882. It was incorporated as a town on January 12, 1827.
[AN ACT to incorporate the town of Pikeville. ](_blank)
Approved January 12, 1827. Alabama Act 102. Alabama Legislative Acts. Annual Session, 22 Nov 1826 - 13 Jan 1827. Pages 94-95. Access Date: 2014-01-05. The county courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1866, and was later rebuilt. John Dabney Terrell, Jr. served as Probate Judge for Marion County for over forty years. He and his family resided in Pikeville, until its demise. It is now a ghost town. However, the courthouse still stands along with the city cemetery, a civil war cemetery, a grave of an unknown War of 1812 soldier and remnants of
General Jackson's Military Road.
A post office operated under the name Pikeville from 1824 to 1907.
Demographics
Pikeville appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census, shortly before it lost its title as Marion County seat. It was recorded as having 57 residents. This was the only time it appeared as a separate community on the census.
References
External links
Several images of Pikeville
Geography of Marion County, Alabama
Ghost towns in Alabama
Former county seats in Alabama
Ghost towns in the United States
Ghost towns in North America
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