Pikeville, Marion County, Alabama
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Pikeville, Marion County, Alabama, is a ghost town in Marion County in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Pikeville is located at 34°02′17″N 87°57′04″W / 34.03806°N 87.95111°W [1].
Pikeville served as the first permanent county seat of Marion County from 1820-1882. 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.
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- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- United States Geological Survey (2006). "Pikeville". Retrieved 6 April 2006.
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