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College was in the building that was originally the courthouse. It was established in 1890. The beautiful Blountsville United Methodist Church was established in 1818 and is the oldest building in Blountsville and is still in use today.
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Society and now serves as a museum and visitors' center. Several other buildings of the period have been added to the park and are furnished with period furnishings. The park is open to the public for tours.
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1371:Smoke Rise
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1087:2015-07-09
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886:References
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394:Huntsville
266:feature ID
242:Area codes
174:Population
78:86°35′19″W
1432:Footnotes
1295:Cleveland
850:Education
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376:Geography
341:Creek War
321:Creek War
317:Tennessee
254:FIPS code
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1248:Warrior
1243:Oneonta
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390:Oneonta
327:History
298:Alabama
274:Website
269:0114510
119:Alabama
104:Country
1423:Summit
1393:Bangor
1366:Remlap
1327:Nectar
1312:Hayden
1235:Cities
821:Latino
788:census
768:21.8%
761:Latino
751:2.63%
738:1.26%
695:1,335
684:Perc.
429:Census
131:Blount
126:County
1381:Other
1337:Snead
1271:Towns
880:South
805:Asian
797:Black
793:White
731:Asian
725:0.6%
712:0.6%
690:White
681:Num.
678:Race
649:1,826
639:−4.8%
634:1,684
624:15.8%
619:1,768
604:1,527
594:20.3%
589:1,509
579:86.6%
574:1,254
564:−3.3%
549:20.7%
534:23.1%
504:48.8%
474:29.7%
361:Union
235:35031
224:(CDT)
222:UTC-5
201:UTC-6
182:1,826
114:State
1358:CDPs
1332:Rosa
1040:2014
1014:2013
975:2015
937:2013
908:2021
765:398
654:8.4%
645:2020
630:2010
615:2000
609:1.2%
600:1990
585:1980
570:1970
555:1960
540:1950
525:1940
519:9.6%
510:1930
495:1920
480:1910
465:1890
450:1880
438:Note
433:Pop.
359:and
281:.com
264:GNIS
137:Area
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735:23
722:11
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559:672
544:695
529:576
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