Elyton, Alabama

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Elyton (Ely's Town), Alabama, [2] was the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama from 1821 to 1873. It was the county's second seat, after Carrollsville (1819-1821) (now the Birmingham neighborhood of Powderly). [3] In 1873 the courthouse was moved to Birmingham. [3] The area that was Elyton is currently bordered by 7th Street Southwest and Cotton Avenue in the West End of Birmingham. [4]

Elyton was incorporated as a town December 20, 1820. It was created to be the county seat with a 160-acre (0.65 km2) grant negotiated by federal land agent William Ely, of Connecticut. The new town was named in his honor. The site was previously called Frog Level, and was known primarily as a sporting grounds for horse races. [5]

In 1821 Elyton had 300 residents, and grew to over 1,000 by 1873. Elyton was listed on the 1880 U.S. Census as having a population of 700. [6] During this time Elyton was an important community in middle Alabama. It was the residence of U.S. Representative Thomas Haughey (1868–69) and the headquarters of the Elyton Presbytery (formed in 1832). [7]

In 1853 merchant John Cantley established the Elyton Herald after purchasing the Washington hand press and type from Moses Lancaster after his newspaper, the Central Alabamian, ceased publication. [8] After many ownerships, mergers and name changes the paper became the Birmingham Post-Herald in 1950.

The community was incorporated as a municipality in 1907, but was annexed into Birmingham as part of the Greater Birmingham legislation which took effect on January 1, 1910. Frank W. Smith was the first and only mayor of Elyton. The Board of Aldermen was composed of Ollis Brown, Van Smith, C. M. Bitz, T. T. Alley, and W. M. Marriner. The name Elyton is still used to refer to this area of Birmingham. [9] [10]

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  1. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Alabama (1828). A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing the Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the End of the General Assembly in January, 1823. To which is Added, an Appendix; Containing the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution of the United States; the Act Authorizing the People of Alabama to Form a Constitution and State Government; and the Constitution of the State of Alabama. Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York. p.  834.
  3. 1 2 "Jefferson County". Encyclopedia of Alabama . Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Elyton, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ↑ Moss, Florence Hawkins Wood (1947). Building Birmingham and Jefferson County. Birmingham Printing Company. pp. 14, 66.
  6. ↑ "Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties, in the Aggregate, at the Censuses of 1880 and 1870" (PDF). census.gov.
  7. ↑ Hall, James H.B. "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama prior to 1826". Alabama Pioneers.
  8. ↑ "Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama; historical and biographical". Birmingham, Ala., Teeple & Smith. 1887.
  9. ↑ Gray, Jeremy (January 28, 2012). "Birmingham's Elyton Village public housing community reopens after renovations". Birmingham News. No. Online. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  10. ↑ Godwin, Brent (May 4, 2017). "The Elyton Hotel is coming to the Empire building this summer". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  11. ↑ Owen, Thomas McAdory (1921). History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 3. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 117 – via the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ United States Congress. "Hamilton, Morgan Calvin (id:H000115)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .

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