Cottonport flourished in the early years of Limestone County after being settled in 1818 and chartered in 1824. Located approximately 1 1/2 miles southeast near the point where Limestone Creek flowed into the Tennessee River, it was a prime boat landing where steamboats from East Tennessee brought needed goods, and during high water flatboats loaded with bales of cotton could cross the river's rocky shoals and float to New Orleans. Once boasting a town square, handsome houses, brick stores, warehouses, and a racetrack, Cottonport gradually ceased to exist as residents fled malaria epidemics common to the location, and by the 1850s no trace of it remained; its long-forgotten cemetery was later unearthed by construction of I-65. Mooresville, incorporated November 16, 1818, was once a bustling town with doctors, lawyers, business houses, craftsmen, and shops, including a tailor shop where Andrew Johnson apprenticed for a time. Named for an early settler, it was the first town incorporated by the Alabama Territorial Legislature. Its buildings show various nineteenth-century architectural styles, and its 1840s post office is the oldest in continual use in Alabama. The village also includes the 1839 Brick Union Church, the 1854 white frame church where James Garfield once preached a sermon, and the Stagecoach Inn and Tavern dating to the 1820s. In 1995, the Disney movie "Tom and Huck" was filmed there, and the entire village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.