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Some early businesses included James I. Kimmon's store, sawmill, and cotton gin; James and Elijah H. Moncrief's cotton gin and sawmill; and William Harrison Parker's grist mill. Dairies and farms dotted the area. Some of the early churches established in Gardendale were Shugart's Chapel Methodist, now Gardendale-Mt. Vernon Methodist; Ebenezer Methodist; Friendship Methodist; Cluster Spring Baptist; and Chalybeate Springs Baptist, now Gardendale First Baptist. Early on, Gardendale was known as Jugtown, named for a jug factory located in the area in the 1870s. It was operated by James Y. Miller near the current location of the Village Green Shopping Center. Through efforts of Hettie Thompson Cargo, the name was changed to Gardendale in 1906. Dr. James Parker became Gardendale's first fulltime doctor in the spring of 1923. Although a steadily growing community, the town was not chartered until 1955. The first mayor was J. I. Pesnell. Today, after half a century, Gardendale is the largest city inNorth Jefferson County
HM Number | HMQ6E |
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Year Placed | 2010 |
Placed By | Alabama Tourism Department and the Gardendale Historical Society |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 4:04pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 517497 N 3723110 |
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Decimal Degrees | 33.64770000, -86.81130000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 38.862', W 86° 48.678' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 38' 51.72" N, 86° 48' 40.68" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 205 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near W6490 Civic Center Dr, Gardendale AL 35071, US |
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