A County Older Than the State

Created on February 7, 1818, by the Alabama Territorial Legislature from lands ceded by the Choctaw Indian Nation, the county was named for Marengo, Italy, where Napoleon won a victory over the Austrians in 1800. After Napoleon's defeat, some of his exiled officials came here in 1817 in a vain attempt to establish the Vine & Olive Colony. The county seat, Linden, was surveyed in 1824 and named for Hohenlinden, Bavaria, where the French won another victory over the Austrians.

Linden, Alabama · United States