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Fort Sinquefield
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fort Sinquefield is located in Alabama
Fort Sinquefield
Fort Sinquefield is located in the United States
Fort Sinquefield
LocationClarke County, Alabama, USA
Nearest cityGrove Hill, Alabama
Coordinates31°39′28″N 87°43′39″W / 31.65778°N 87.72750°W / 31.65778; -87.72750
Built1813
NRHP reference No.74000403[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1974

Fort Sinquefield is the historic site of a wooden stockade fortification in Clarke County, Alabama, near the modern town of Grove Hill. It was built by early Clarke County pioneers as protection during the Creek War and was attacked in 1813 by Creek warriors.

A marker was erected at the site by Clarke County school children in 1931 and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1974.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Fort Sinquefield". Clarke County Historical Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2008.

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