Andalusia, Alabama

==History==

Andalusia was first settled in 1841 after flooding of the [[Conecuh River]] and the surrounding lowlands forced citizens to move to higher ground. The county seat was moved from Montezuma to Andalusia in 1844. Andalusia likely got its name from Spanish explorers or settlers since the land where the town is located was part of [[Spanish Florida]] until [[Pinckney's Treaty]] in 1795. Andalusia shares its name with the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Andalusia]] in southern [[Spain]].{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} The new town was originally called "New Site" but was known as Andalusia by the time a post office was established in 1846.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia
  | last = Hoskins Morton
  | first = Patricia 
  | title = Covington County
  | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Alabama
  | date = December 10, 2009 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1317
  | access-date = January 27, 2010}}</ref>

Andalusia was incorporated as a town in 1884.<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Owen
  | first = Thomas McAdory
  | author2 = Marie Bankhead Owen
  | title = History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 1
  | publisher = The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
  | year = 1921
  | pages = 716
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEkUAAAAYAAJ&q=andalusia+&pg=PA48}}</ref>

In 1899, two railroad lines arrived in Andalusia, the [[Central of Georgia Railway|Central of Georgia]] and the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L & N Railroad]], and the town began to grow.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Community - History of Andalusia
| work = City of Andalusia official site
| access-date = December 10, 2014
| url = http://www.cityofandalusia.com/community/community.html
}}</ref>

The [[Avant House (Andalusia, Alabama)|Avant House]] is one of seven sites in Andalusia listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]].