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Chambers County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 34,772. [1] Its county seat is LaFayette. Its largest city is Valley. Its name is in honor of Henry H. Chambers, [2] who served as a United States Senator from Alabama.
Valley is located in southeastern Chambers County at 32°48'40.993" North, 85°10'40.577" West (32.811387, -85.177938). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.0 square miles (28.6 km 2), all land. The city is located on the Alabama-Georgia state line.
The city's newspaper, The LaFayette Sun, was founded under the name The Alabama Standard in April 1841 and adopted its current name on August 3, 1881. On October 2, 1898, John Anderson, a black man, was lynched in Lafayette. Scenes from the movie Mississippi Burning were filmed at the Chambers County Courthouse and in downtown LaFayette.
Before this, the post office was known as "Lystra". The town was incorporated in 1915, making it Chambers County's oldest incorporated town. The Baptist Church was the first to take the name of "Five Points" on its building in 1929. Five Points holds the distinction of being the first town of its size to receive electricity from Alabama Power ...
The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [4] For legislative purposes, municipalities are divided into eight classes based on the municipality's population, as certified by the 1970 federal ...
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0153904. Waverly is a town in Chambers and Lee counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area. It was incorporated in 1910. [2] As of 2010, the town population was 145. [3] Waverly has an operating United States post office; four churches are located in the town.