NOTASULGA, AL
Initially, the area that now encompasses Notasulga was named Moore's Cross Roads, after early settler Amos Moore. Moore purchased land in the area in the early 1840s and began advertising lots for sale in "a town called Notasulga," probably after a nearby creek by that name. Settlers soon began moving to the area, and by 1843, the town had its first post office, with Amos Moore as the first postmaster. The Montgomery-West Point Railroad connected Notasulga to the wider world when it came through in 1844.
During the Civil War, Camp Watts, where conscripted soldiers trained and also had a supply depot and hospital, was located in Notasulga. Confederate and Union graves once marked by headstones have now been lost, and the site is on private land. from the Alabama Encyclopedia |
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