Fort Mitchell, Alabama

Fort Mitchell
Fort Mitchell
	Unincorporated community
	Fort Mitchell Location in Alabama.
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Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Russell
Elevation	354 ft (108 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	118523

Fort Mitchell is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States. The area was originally a garrisoned fort intended to provide defense for the area during the Creek War (1813-1814).^[2]

The community is the home of the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, established in 1987 for the interment of all US veterans.^[3]

Landmarks

James Cantey, Confederate States Army brigadier general
Samuel Checote, Muskogee Creek, who was the first principal chief of the tribe, then located in Indian Territory, after the Civil War
John Crowell, first U.S. Representative from the Alabama; appointed by President Monroe as the United States agent to the Creek Indians (1821-?)

Below are photographs taken in Fort Mitchell as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey:

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Russell County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Phenix City
City	Phenix City‡
Town	Hurtsboro
CDP	Ladonia
Unincorporated communities	Cottonton Crawford Fort Mitchell Glenville Hatchechubbee Holy Trinity Hooks Pittsview Seale Uchee
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v t e Greater Columbus, Georgia
Central cities/Largest cities	Columbus Auburn	Location of the Columbus, Georgia-Auburn, Alabama CSA and its counties: Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area Auburn, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area Tuskegee, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area (defunct)
Cities in Georgia	Bibb City Buena Vista Cataula Columbus Cusseta Custer Terrace Fort Benning South Fortson Hamilton Hopewell Juniper Midland Mountain Hill Mulberry Grove Pine Mountain Rehobeth Ridgeway Shiloh Upatoi Waverly Hall West Point Whitesville
Cities in Alabama	Beauregard Bee Hive Beulah Cusseta Fort Mitchell Glenville Gold Hill Holy Trinity Hurtsboro Ladonia LaFayette Lanett Loachapoka Marvyn Notasulga Opelika Phenix City Roxana Salem Seale Smiths Station The Bottle Valley Waverly
Counties in Georgia	Chattahoochee Harris Marion Muscogee
Counties in Alabama	Chambers Lee Russell

Fort Mitchell
Unincorporated community

Fort Mitchell Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Russell
Elevation	354 ft (108 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	118523^[1]