Cahawba

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Cahawba is a historic ghost town in Alabama that once served as the state's first permanent capital in the early 19th century.

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Cahawba canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state capital ⓘ
ghost town ⓘ
alternativeName Cahaba ⓘ
Old Cahawba ⓘ
capitalMovedFrom St. Stephens, Alabama ⓘ
coordinateLocation 32.319°N 87.104°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeatOf Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
declineCause recurrent flooding ⓘ
relocation of county seat ⓘ
endTimeOfRole_capital of Alabama 1826 ⓘ
endTimeOfRole_countySeat 1866 ⓘ
eraOfGreatestSignificance early 19th century ⓘ
founded 1819 ⓘ
governingBody Alabama Historical Commission ⓘ
hadFacilityDuringCivilWar Confederate prison for Union soldiers ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains building foundations ⓘ
cemeteries ⓘ
street grid ⓘ
wells ⓘ
hasAttraction Civil War prison site ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
ruins of statehouse area ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation archaeological site ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction commercial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
river port ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Selma, Alabama ⓘ
hasPart Old Cahawba Archaeological Park ⓘ
isListedOn Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage ⓘ
isManagedAs state historic site ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
locatedNear Cahaba River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Alabama River ⓘ
namedAfter Cahaba River ⓘ
region Black Belt region of Alabama ⓘ
replacedAsCountySeatBy Selma, Alabama ⓘ
replacedBy Tuscaloosa ⓘ
linked to: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
servedAs capital of Alabama ⓘ
significantEvent American Civil War ⓘ
startTimeOfRole_capital of Alabama 1820 ⓘ
startTimeOfRole_countySeat 1820 ⓘ
stateCapitalOrder first permanent capital of Alabama ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism site ⓘ

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Cahaba → hasNameVariant → Cahawba ⓘ