Lincoln

Lincoln sits where Choccolocco Creek, Blue Eye Creek and the Coosa River meet. The waterways carry Native American names that honor the Muskogee people who lived in the area before the town existed. Settlers began arriving once the Creek Indians signed the Cusseta Treaty on March 24, 1832.

Andrew Jackson travelled through the community on his way to the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. At that time it was called Kingsville. In 1856 it took the name Lincoln, after a well-known soldier of the War of Independence.

The Great Depression hit the town hard, shutting its two banks along with many local businesses. Lincoln later recovered and grew into the eighth-fastest growing city in Alabama.