Suggsville is an

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History

Suggsville was laid out as a town in 1819 at the crossing of the Old Line Road and Federal Road. The name was chosen in honor of a local storekeeper, William Suggs. The first newspaper in Clarke County was published here, the ''Clarke County Post''. The town had many residences, stores, and male and female academies prior to the

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, but declined rapidly in the post-war period. The community is located near the site of the

Creek War The Creek War (1813–1814), also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, was a regional war between opposing Indigenous American Creek factions, European empires and the United States, taking place largely in modern-day Alabama ...

stockades

Fort Glass Fort Glass was a stockade fort built in July 1813 in present-day Clarke County, Alabama during the Creek War (part of the larger War of 1812). History Background The Creek War of 1813 began as a civil war between supporters of the Creek nation ...

and

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. The community has one site on the

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, the Stephen Beech Cleveland House, better known today as "The Lodge".

Demographics

As of the 1880 U.S. Census, Suggsville as an unincorporated community had 134 persons, then the 3rd largest recorded community in the county behind Grove Hill and

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, today's Thomasville.

Geography

Suggsville is located at and has an elevation of .

Notable people

Red Barnes Emile Deering Barnes (December 25, 1903 – July 3, 1959) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1930 for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. Listed at 5' 10", 158 lb., Barnes batted left ha ...

, former

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player, cousin of Sam Barnes * Sam Barnes, former

player * Charles Rudolph d'Olive,

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

credited with five aerial victories. Born in Suggsville.

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Clarke County, Alabama {{ClarkeCountyAL-geo-stub