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Cross Plains / Piedmont

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Cross Plains citizens voted for incorporation on March 10, 1871, cast a second vote for reincorporation on May 15, 1882, and by acts of the Alabama Legislature in 1888 Cross Plains became Piedmont on September 30, 1888. The town's mayors were J. F. Dailey, 1871-1874; J. N. Hood, 1874-1882; J. A Woolf, 1882-1883; John H. Hall, 1883-1884; J. A Woolf, 1884-1885; S. D. McClelen, 1885-1887; J. W. Harris, 1887-1888; J. N. Hood, 1888-1890; A. D. McCollister, 1890-1891; A. F. Tomlin, 1891-1893; W. J. Brock, 1893-1894; E. D. McClelen, 1894-1899; J. J. Eubanks, 1899-1903; E. C. Harris, 1903-1905; E. D McClelen, 1905-1907; E. C. Harris, 1907-1910; P. W. Roberts, 1910-1912; S. D. Savage, 1912-1914; P. W. Roberts, 1914-1916; O. L. Stewart, 1916-1922; E. C. Harris, 1922-1926; Zack Scogin, 1926-1928; George P. Haslam, 1928-1940; Zack Scogin, 1940-1944; Austin Johnson, 1944-1948; W. Y. West, 1948-1956; J. O Chaffin, 1956-1960; W. W. Howell, 1960-1964; L. H. Gunter, 1964-1968; J. F. Howell, 1968-1971; Sam Weems, 1971-1972; L. H. Gunter, 1972-1976; J. H. Woolf, 1976-1979; T.E. Parker, 1979-1980; James R. Garner, 1980-1984; James W. Bennett, 1984-1992; Vera M. Stewart, 1992-1996; Willam J. Baker, 1996; George P. Hendrix, 1996-2000; Charles R. Fagan, 2000-2008; Brian S. Young, 2008-2012; and Richard A. Freeman, 2012-2013.
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