Cahaba, Alabama

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Cahaba, Alabama is a historic ghost town that served as the first permanent state capital of Alabama in the early 19th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cahaba, Alabama canonical 1
Cahawba, Alabama 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state capital ⓘ
ghost town ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cahawba, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Cahaba, Alabama

Old Cahawba ⓘ
capitalMovedTo Tuscaloosa, Alabama ⓘ
capitalOf Alabama ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 32.319°N 87.104°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
declineCause frequent flooding ⓘ
loss of capital status ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn cotton trade ⓘ
endTimeAsCapital 1826 ⓘ
founded ca. 1819 ⓘ
foundedBy State of Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Alabama
hasArchaeologicalResearch excavations by Alabama Historical Commission ⓘ
hasCapitalRole first permanent state capital of Alabama ⓘ
hasHistoricStructure Cemetery of Cahaba ⓘ
church ruins ⓘ
remains of statehouse site ⓘ
street grid remnants ⓘ
hasHistoricUse commercial center ⓘ
county seat of Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
river port ⓘ
hasInterpretiveCenter Old Cahawba Visitor Center ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
locatedInRegion Black Belt region of Alabama ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Alabama River ⓘ
Cahaba River ⓘ
namedAfter Cahaba River ⓘ
nearestCity Selma, Alabama ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Alabama Historical Commission ⓘ
partOf Old Cahawba Archaeological Park ⓘ
populationCharacteristic uninhabited as a town in the 21st century ⓘ
significantEvent designation as first permanent capital of Alabama ⓘ
relocation of Alabama state capital to Tuscaloosa ⓘ
startTimeAsCapital 1820 ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
tourism heritage tourism site ⓘ
transportInfrastructure river landing ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund Pettus → practicedLawIn → Cahaba, Alabama ⓘ
Cahaba, Alabama → alsoKnownAs → Cahawba, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Cahaba, Alabama