Forks of Cypress

Forks of Cypress is a heritage site in Lauderdale, Alabama. Forks of Cypress is situated nearby to the hamlet Mars Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forks of Cypress Cemetery and James Martin House.

Forks of Cypress Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Forks of Cypress Cemetery is a historic cemetery near Florence, Alabama. The cemetery contains the graves of Forks of Cypress owner James Jackson, several members of his family, and numerous slaves who worked on the plantation. Forks of Cypress Cemetery is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Forks of Cypress.

James Martin House

House

Photo: Themidnite, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The James Martin House is a historic residence in Florence, Alabama. Martin was a leading Florence industrialist of the Antebellum era, who owned a cotton spinning mill along Cypress Creek. James Martin House is situated 2½ miles southeast of Forks of Cypress.

Old Water Tower

Water tower

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The Old Florence Water Tower is a historic water tower in Florence, Alabama. It was built in 1889 by the Jeter and Boardman Gas and Water Association to increase water capacity in the town, which was undergoing a boom in population. Old Water Tower is situated 2½ miles southeast of Forks of Cypress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mars Hill and Florence.

Mars Hill

Hamlet

Mars Hill is a former unincorporated community that is now a neighborhood of the city of Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. The community contains the campus of Mars Hill Bible School. Mars Hill is situated 3½ miles east of Forks of Cypress.

Florence

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Florence is a city located in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner. It has a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census.

St. Florian

Town

St. Florian or Saint Florian is a town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". As of the 2020 census, St. Florian had a population of 584. St. Florian is situated 6 miles east of Forks of Cypress.

Forks of Cypress

Type: Heritage site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Lauderdale, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.84575° or 34° 50′ 45″ north

Longitude

-87.72566° or 87° 43′ 32″ west

Open location code

866JR7WF+7P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 445113111

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Anderson Cemetery and Pentecostals of Florence.

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