Mount Meigs, Alabama
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History
Georgia Washington established what became known as the People’s Village School and later the Georgia Washington School.[2]
The area's major export in the mid-19th century to 1940 was lumber. Cook Station and Mount Meigs Station were two main stations in the region. During World War II they switched to hauling gravel.
Government and infrastructure
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) operates the Kilby Correctional Facility in Mount Meigs. Kilby serves as receiving and processing center for all male Alabama state inmates.[3] The Montgomery Women's Facility, an ADOC facility for women, is located behind Kilby.[4]
The Mount Meigs Campus, a juvenile correctional facility and the headquarters of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, which operates the campus, is in Mount Meigs.[5][6] The campus, historically named the Alabama Industrial School, opened in 1911 as the "Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Law-Breakers", was changed to the "Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children" in 1947, and became the Alabama Industrial School in 1970.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The United States Postal Service operates the Mount Meigs Post Office.[7]
Demographics
In July, 2007 the Mount Meigs area population was 5,564.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Education
The Montgomery Public Schools district formerly operated Georgia Washington Middle School in Mount Meigs. It is now Pike Road High School.
In 1893 a woman named Georgia Washington, a former slave, arrived in Mount Meigs to start a school. By October of that year she opened a public school in her Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert". rented cabin. It later moved to the Antioch Baptist Church. By February 1894 the residents bought a plot of land and built an Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert". schoolhouse. By 1916 the Peoples Village School occupied a two-story schoolhouse. The current Georgia Washington School opened in 1950. Washington died in 1952, and the school occupying what was the Peoples Village School was renamed after her. In 1974 the school was converted into a middle school. A new wing at Washington Middle opened in 2004.[8]
Notable residents
- J. Marion Sims, physician. In a letter of 1836, Sims described the town as "nothing bur a pile of gin-houses, stables, blacksmith-shops, grog-shops, taverns and stores, thrown together in one promiscuous huddle".[9]Template:Rp
- Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist; born in Mount Meigs
- Vernon H. Vaughan, Governor of Utah Territory; born in Mount Meigs[10]
Gallery
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Mount Meigs Post Office (ZIP Code: 36057)
See also
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References
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- ↑ "Kilby Correctional Facility Template:Webarchive." Alabama Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Montgomery Women's Facility Template:Webarchive." Alabama Department of Corrections. Retrieved on July 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Mt. Meigs Campus Template:Webarchive." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- ↑ "School District Contact Information and Addresses Template:Webarchive." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010. "DYS Central Office" "1000 Industrial School Road Mt. Meigs, AL 36057"
- ↑ "Post Office™ Location - MOUNT MEIGS Template:Webarchive." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on March 4, 2011. "100 OLD PIKE RD MOUNT MEIGS, AL 36057-2500"
- ↑ "History of Georgia Washington Junior High School Template:Webarchive." Georgia Washington Junior High School. Retrieved on March 4, 2011.
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