Evergreen, the county seat of Conecuh County, is located in the central part of the county on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Founded in 1819 by James Cosey, George Andrews, and the Clough Brothers, it was originally known as "Cosey’s Old Field." Reverend Alexander Travis, the uncle of William Barrett Travis of the Battle of the Alamo, later began calling it Evergreen. Evergreen had a population of 500 in 1870 and was incorporated on March 28, 1875. At the 2000 census, the population was 3,630. The name "Conecuh" comes from the Muscogee Native American word "econneka," meaning "land of cane," referring to the great amounts of native cane that once grew in the area. Evergreen became famous for decorating the White House with smilax for President Grover Cleveland, which inspired the earlier motto "Evergreen Decorates America," and its abundance of natural green foliage later led to the present motto "The Emerald City."