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Montezuma

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALABAMA

A historical populated place in Covington County, Alabama, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Montezuma
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alabama
County
Covington County
USGS Map
River Falls
Coordinates
31.3223923, -86.5249594
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GNIS Feature ID
133418

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS historical note

County seat from 1822 to 1844.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 133418. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Foscue, Virginia Place Names in Alabama 1989-12-31 00:00:00 Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 1989.
  • Text Ward, Wyley D Early History of Covington County, Alabama, 1821-1871 1976-12-31 00:00:00 Ward, Wyley D. Early History of Covington County, Alabama, 1821-1871. Huntsville, Ala.: Privately printed, 1976.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.