Eufaula, Alabama

{{short description|City in Alabama, United States}}
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| map_caption        = Location of Eufaula in Barbour County, Alabama
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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Jack Tibbs
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| area_total_km2     = 190.30
| area_total_sq_mi   = 73.47
| area_land_km2      = 154.14
| area_land_sq_mi    = 59.52
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| elevation_ft       = 262
| elevation_m        = 80
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_density_km2 = 83.57
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 36027, 36072
| area_code          = [[Area code 334|334]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
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'''Eufaula''' {{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|f|ɔː|l|ə}} is the largest city in [[Barbour County, Alabama]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the city's population was 13,137.

==History==
[[File:1859.11.10.daily.confederation.article.about.purchase.of.slaves.to.build.montgomery.eufaula.railroad.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Slaves worth $150,000 to be purchased for construction of railroad (''Daily Confederation'', November 10, 1859)]]
The site along the [[Chattahoochee River]] that is now modern-day Eufaula was occupied by three [[Muscogee|Muscogee Creek]] [[tribe (Native American)|tribe]]s, including the [[Eufaula people|Eufaulas]].<ref name=besson>{{cite book|author=J. A. B. Besson|title=History of Eufaula, Alabama: The Bluff City of the Chattahoochee|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofeufaula00bessiala|year=1875|publisher=Franklin Steam Print. House}}</ref>{{rp|3}}  By the 1820s the land was part of the Creek Indian Territory and supposedly off-limits to white settlement.<ref name=besson/>{{rp|4}}  By 1827 enough illegal white settlement had occurred that the Creeks appealed to the federal government for protection of their property rights. In July of that year, federal troops were sent to the Eufaula area to remove the settlers by force of arms, a conflict known as the "Intruders War".<ref name=besson/>{{rp|4}}

The Creeks signed the [[Treaty of Washington (1826)|Treaty of Washington]] in 1826, ceding most of their land in Georgia and eastern Alabama to the United States,<ref>{{cite book|author=Francis Paul Prucha|year=1997|title=American Indian Treatires: The History of a Political Anomaly|page=150|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-20895-1}}</ref> but it was not fully effective in practice until the late 1820s.  The 1832 [[Treaty of Cusseta]], by which the Creeks ceded all land east of the [[Mississippi River]] to the United States, allowed white settlers to legally buy land from the Creek.  However, the treaty's terms did not require any natives to relocate.<ref>{{cite book|author=Herbert James Lewis|title=Clearing the Thickets: A History of Antebellum Alabama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZbIfdhs4TkC&pg=PT217|date=March 2, 2013|publisher=Quid Pro Books|isbn=978-1-61027-166-0|page=217}}</ref>  By 1835 the land on which the town was built had been mostly purchased by white settlers, and had a store, owned in part by William Irwin, after whom the new settlement was named "Irwinton".<ref name=besson/>{{rp|5}}

By the mid 1830s downtown Irwinton was platted out and development was well underway.<ref name=besson/>{{rp|9–16}}  Much of its historic character has been preserved and is now known as the [[Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District]]. In 1842<ref name=besson/>{{rp|18}} or 1843<ref name=bunn/>{{rp|18}} Irwinton was renamed "Eufaula", possibly<ref name=bunn/>{{rp|18}} to end postal confusion ensuing from its proximity to [[Irwinton, Georgia]].<ref name=besson/>{{rp|18}}  The town was officially incorporated under that name in 1857.<ref name=williams>{{cite book|author=David Williams|title=Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-U2z9lk833EC|date=March 15, 2011|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-4079-1}}</ref>{{rp|10}}

In 1850 [[secessionist]]s in the town formed a vigilante committee which terrorized any white people who had [[abolitionism|abolitionist]] sympathies. Thus captain Elisha Bett was driven from the town and only returned after he had signed a written agreement not to express his views again.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rachleff|first=Marshall|title=An Abolitionist Letter to Governor Henry W. Collier of Alabama: The Emergence of "The Crisis of Fear" in Alabama|journal=The Journal of Negro History|date=1981|volume=66|issue=3|pages=246–253|doi=10.2307/2716919|jstor=2716919|s2cid=150114358}}</ref>

Significant numbers of Jewish settlers came to Eufaula in the middle of the nineteenth century from Germany and from neighboring states. The community founded a cemetery; the first burial took place in 1845.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isjl.org/alabama-eufaula-encyclopedia.html|title=Eufaula, Alabama|publisher=Institute of Southern Jewish Life|date=2017|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>

By the late 1850s, Eufaula's advantageous location on the Chattahoochee made it a major shipping center for cargo bound for the [[Port of Apalachicola]] and, from there, to major world markets such as [[Liverpool]] and [[New York City]].<ref name=bunn/>{{rp|19}}  By this time, planning for the [[Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad]], which was to include a new bridge over the Chattahoochee, was well underway.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Ledger-Enquirer|Daily Columbus Enquirer]]|date=October 26, 1859|title=Eufaula Railroad|page=2}}</ref>  By November 1859 the railroad company authorized its president to purchase slaves worth $150,000 to use for the construction of the railroad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Montgomery and Eufaula Rail Road|work=The Daily Confederation|date=November 10, 1859|page=3}}</ref>  Grading for the track bed began in January 1860.<ref>{{cite news|title=Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad|work=Daily Columbus Enquirer|date=January 9, 1860|page=2}}</ref>  By 1861, when it had become clear that the [[American Civil War]] was imminent, work on the railroad was suspended to allow the laborers to lay track between [[Montgomery, Alabama]], and [[Pensacola, Florida]], to facilitate the transport of Confederate troops to the [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Speedy Completion of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad|work=The Daily True Delta|date=April 6, 1861|page=2}}</ref>  Work on the railroad was resumed after the war, and, in October 1871, the tracks finally reached the city limits of Eufaula and a depot agent, John O. Martin, was appointed to run that terminal station.<ref>{{cite news|title=Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad|work=Daily Columbus Enquirer|place=Columbus, Georgia|date=October 15, 1871|page=3}}</ref>

===The Civil War in Eufaula===
Very little is known about the history of Eufaula during the [[American Civil War]] because very few contemporary records or newspapers survive.<ref name=bunn>{{cite book|author=Mike Bunn|title=Civil War Eufaula|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmOSv-_nWrEC|year=2013|publisher=The History Press|isbn=978-1-62619-244-7}}</ref>{{rp|10}} Alabama [[Secession in the United States|seceded]] from the United States on January 11, 1861. By the end of the month a military encampment was founded at Eufaula with soldiers ready to decamp to [[Fort Pickens]] or elsewhere as needed at the onset of hostilities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alabama Military|work=The Macon Daily Telegraph|date=January 28, 1861|page=1}}</ref>  Ultimately six companies of the [[Confederate States Army]] (CSA) were raised at Eufaula and Barbour County.  One of these was the Eufaula [[Zouave#American Civil War|Zouaves]], one of dozens of military units on both sides that adopted that name, patterning their uniforms and [[order of battle]] after the French light infantry units on which they were modeled.<ref>{{cite book|author=Terry L. Jones|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ET6CDfczq9gC&pg=PA1657|date=July 15, 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7953-9|page=1657}}</ref>

The CSA operated a military hospital in Eufaula during the conflict.<ref>{{cite book|author=Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein|title=The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVZeGtxiMcYC&pg=PA265|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-3078-0|page=265}}</ref> Eufaula's strategic position on the Chattahoochee river involved it in the naval component of the Confederate war effort, and at least one [[Ironclad warship#First battles between ironclads: the U.S. Civil War|ironclad warship]] was constructed in the city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Intelligence; Richmond; Eufaula|date=October 16, 1863|work=New London Daily Chronicle|page=2}}</ref>  By April 1865, the [[Union Army]] had occupied [[Selma, Alabama]], and plans were made to move the Alabama state government to Eufaula should Montgomery fall to Federal troops.<ref>{{cite news|title=From Alabama|work=Augusta Chronicle|date=April 9, 1865|page=2|place=Augusta, Georgia}}</ref>

Montgomery was captured on April 12 and governor [[Thomas H. Watts]], with other state officials, fled to Eufaula,<ref>{{cite news|title=From Alabama|work=Augusta Chronicle|page=2|date=April 16, 1865|place=Augusta, Georgia}}</ref>  establishing what the ''[[New York Daily Tribune]]'' called "the fugitive seat of Government of Alabama".<ref>{{cite news|title=From Alabama March Through the Country-Conduct of the Slaves-Cruelty of Masters|work=New York Daily Tribune|date=June 3, 1865|page=3}}</ref>  On April 29, 1865, Union general [[Benjamin Grierson]] had reached [[Clayton, Alabama]], and word had finally made it to Eufaula that the war was over.<ref name=williams/>{{rp|183}}  The mayor of Eufaula and some members of the city council rode over to Clayton to escort Grierson into Eufaula, thus ensuring a generally peaceful transition to Federal control of the city.<ref name=williams/>{{rp|183}}

Eufaula was the site of what may have been the last battle of the Civil War. On May 19, 1865, at Hobdy's Bridge near Eufaula a Confederate detachment attacked a 44-man detachment from companies C and F of the Union's [[1st Florida Cavalry Regiment (Union)|1st Florida Cavalry Regiment]], resulting in one soldier killed and three wounded.<ref>[http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/hobdys2.html "Skirmish at Hobdy's Bridge - Pike and Barbour Counties, Alabama"]. ''ExploreSouthernHistory.com''. Retrieved July 20, 2018.</ref>

By May 1865 the ''[[Daily Intelligencer (Atlanta)|Daily Intelligencer]]'' of Atlanta reported that 10,000 Union troops had occupied Eufaula.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yankee; Eufaula; Alabama; Grierson|work=The Daily Evening News|place=Macon, Georgia|date=May 4, 1865|page=2}}</ref>  In the immediate aftermath of the occupation there was a food riot and an "attempt to illegally distribute the public stores".<ref>{{cite news|title=Eufaula; Jasper Sawyers; Capt. Frank Brady|work=The Macon Daily Telegraph|date=May 24, 1865|page=2|place=Macon, Georgia}}</ref>  By the end of May Eufaula was sufficiently pacified that a special agent of the [[United States Post Office]] was able to deliver mail from [[Providence, Rhode Island]], to the town via [[Macon, Georgia]], without need for any of the twenty-five armed guards he had brought with him to defend him with violence.<ref>{{cite news|title=Another Evidence of Peace|work=Providence Evening Press|place=Providence, Rhode Island|date=May 30, 1865|page=3}}</ref>

===Reconstruction in Eufaula===
By August 1865 cotton shipping out of Eufaula was increasing again, mostly in barter for household goods, which were arriving by ship in increasing quantities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Business at Eufaula|work=The Macon Daily Telegraph|place=Macon, Georgia|date=August 4, 1865|page=2}}</ref>  However, the quantity of cotton being shipped out was nowhere near antebellum levels, and ships bound for [[Port of Apalachicola|Apalachicola]] were far below capacity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shipping on the Chattahooches|date=August 9, 1865|page=4|work=Daily Constitutionalist|place=Augusta, Georgia}}</ref>  In November 1865 the Federal garrison that had been occupying Eufaula was relieved of duty by two companies of the [[8th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], whose commander, John Bell, assured the citizens that they would not "be disturbed in their lawful business."<ref>{{cite news|title=Another Garrison at Eufaula|work=The Daily Sun|place=Columbus, Georgia|date=December 1, 1865|page=2}}</ref>

In March 1867, the [[United States Congress]] passed the first of four [[Reconstruction Acts]] and the [[Reconstruction Era]] began in earnest.  Alabama, and therefore Eufaula, was placed in the [[Third Military District]] under the command of General [[John Pope (military officer)|John Pope]].  By the time the first elections were held under the new regime, in October 1867, Barbour County had about 5,000 registered voters, with about 1,500 white and 3,500 black.<ref name=firstday>{{cite news|title=The First Day's Election Under the 'Military Bills' in Alabama|work=[[New York Herald]]|date=October 13, 1867|page=7}}</ref>

Municipal elections were held in March 1870 and white candidates won all offices except for the two fourth (of four) [[Wards of the United States|ward]] positions as [[alderman|aldermen]], which were won by black candidates Washington Burke and Melvin Patterson.<ref>{{cite news|title=From Eufaula|work=Georgia Daily Telegraph|place=Macon, Georgia|page=3|date=March 8, 1870}}</ref>  Election officials set aside Burke's and Patterson's victories for election fraud and replaced them with their white competitors R. A. Solo and T. E. Morgan as fourth ward aldermen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eufaula|work=The Daily Sun|place=Columbus, Georgia|page=2|date=March 8, 1870}}</ref>  In the same election a [[radical republican]] candidate named Keills won the post of City Court Judge.<ref name=keills>{{cite news|title=Latest by Mail|date=March 13, 1870|page=1|work=Mobile Register|place=Mobile, Alabama}}</ref>  According to the ''[[Press-Register|Mobile Register]]'', Keills's "election turned upon sectional differences. The negroes made their usual noisy demonstrations, marching in from the country with [[Fife (instrument)|fife]] and drum."<ref name=keills/>

On November 3, 1874, members of the [[White League]] instigated the [[Election Riot of 1874]] in Eufaula on election day, massacring at least 7 black Republicans, shooting at least 70 more, and preventing over 1,000 others from voting. They hijacked the vote count, fraudulently electing white candidates by excluding votes cast by blacks. Federal officials attempted to hold the white mob members accountable, but police falsely charged and convicted a witness with perjury, intimidating other witnesses. By 1876, with Reconstruction ended and black voters intimidated with [[lynching]], there were just 10 black voters in the city, compared to 1,200 in February 1874.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 16, 2022|title=Ambushed in Eufaula: Alabama's forgotten race massacre|url=https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/ambushed-in-eufaula-alabamas-forgotten-race-massacre.html|access-date=January 29, 2022|website=al|language=en}}</ref>

By 1866 there was a general movement of black Baptists to [[Southern Baptists#Formation and separation of black Baptists|separate from the white churches]] and form their own congregations.  Black Baptists applied for permission to separate in May 1866.  The permission was granted, and, after negotiations, the black Baptists were allowed to purchase an old church building to house their own congregation.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wayne Flynt|title=Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cm41b65DOEMC&pg=PA138|year=1998|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0927-5|pages=138–9}}</ref>  This congregation formed the basis of the Eufaula Association, one of two black Baptist associations formed in Alabama prior to the founding of the state association of black Baptist churches in 1868.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wilson Fallin|title=Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LImKo9-w60MC&pg=PA16|date=August 17, 2007|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-1569-6|page=16}}</ref>  By 1869 the site for the new white [[First Baptist Church of Eufaula]] had been purchased and $16,000 out of an estimated $25,000 necessary for its construction had been raised.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Flying Visit to Eufaula|work=Georgia Weekly Telegraph|place=Macon, Georgia|date=April 9, 1869|page=4}}</ref>

===Civil rights movement===

====Eufaula housing case====
For a number of years after the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s 1954 decision ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', which overturned ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' by declaring racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional, the schools in Eufaula remained unintegrated.<ref name=gray>{{cite book|author=Fred D. Gray|title=Bus Ride to Justice: Changing the System by the System : the Life and Works of Fred Gray, Preacher, Attorney, Politician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6bc4DqcUSi4C&pg=PA131|date=October 1, 2012|publisher=NewSouth Books|isbn=978-1-58838-286-3|pages=131–9}}</ref>  In 1955 the Eufaula Housing Authority sought to use [[eminent domain]] to condemn land on which a number of black families had lived since emancipation in order to build public housing, a park, and an expansion of the white high school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Suit Claims Segregation In Housing|work=Times Daily|date=June 10, 1958|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bhYsAAAAIBAJ&pg=2026%2C1035955}}</ref>  The residents of the neighborhood, surrounded on all sides by white areas, thought that the city's motive was actually to keep their children out of a newly built high school once the now-inevitable racial integration occurred.<ref name=gray/>

In 1958 civil rights attorneys [[Fred Gray (attorney)|Fred Gray]] and [[Constance Baker Motley]] filed a suit in the [[U.S. District court]] claiming that their clients' constitutional rights were being violated by the plan.<ref name=gray/>  The federal case was dismissed, but Gray (now appearing without Motley)<ref name=gray/> appealed to the Alabama Circuit Court, where the case was heard by then-judge [[George Wallace]].<ref name=negro/> As before, Gray claimed that since the new development would allow white residents only, their civil rights were being violated by the City.<ref name=negro>{{cite news|title=Negro Requests White Residence|work=The Tuscaloosa News|date=October 21, 1958|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wy0eAAAAIBAJ&pg=4750%2C2871781}}</ref>  Although his appeal of the constitutional issue was unsuccessful, Gray also appealed the city's valuations of his clients' properties and, arguing before [[all-white jury|all-white juries]] in Wallace's court, managed in most of the cases to win much higher prices.<ref name=gray/>

====Voting Rights Act of 1965====
After the passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] the [[United States Department of Justice]] sent federal observers into 24 southern counties to enforce its provisions regarding voter registration for the Fall 1965 elections.  Many of these counties saw a significant increase in black registration, but Eufaula, not having federal supervision, had comparatively low rates.  For instance, on August 16, 1965, 600 black citizens waited in line at the County courthouse in Eufaula to register, but by the time the office closed, only 265 had managed to fill out the paperwork.<ref>{{cite book|author=Adam Fairclough|title=To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFSgLg1S7gIC&pg=PA265|year=2001|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2346-6|page=265}}</ref>

In 1966 the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC) responded by appointing a local Eufaulan, Daddy Bone, to organize [[voter registration drive]]s in Eufaula.  Bone initiated a series of nonviolent protests and boycotts of local stores that refused to hire blacks which attracted SNCC supporters from around the [[Southeastern United States]].  The city of Eufaula, under some pressure from the businessmen whose stores were targeted, passed anti-picketing laws and began arresting demonstrators ''en masse'' for violating them.  Bone brought in civil rights lawyer [[S.S. Seay|S. S. Seay]] to defend the protestors, who were mostly convicted, and in such numbers as to overwhelm the county jail.<ref>{{cite book|author=Solomon Seay Jr. |title=Jim Crow and Me: Stories from My Life as a Civil Rights Lawyer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsFdRQDPmNMC&pg=PA63|date=December 1, 2011|publisher=NewSouth Books|isbn=978-1-60306-142-1|pages=63–6}}</ref>

====School integration====

In July 1968 the [[United States Department of Justice]] filed suit against 76 Alabama school districts, including that of Eufaula, in an attempt to bring them into compliance with ''Brown v. Board of Education''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Area Schools Named in Suit|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uqofAAAAIBAJ&pg=673%2C1792349|work=Gadsden Times|date=July 15, 1968}}</ref>

Schools in Eufaula remained segregated by race until the fall of 1966 and the first blacks graduated with the senior class of 1967.<ref name=first>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ytwiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4209%2C5989077|title=No Incidents at School's First Integrated Prom|work=The Tuscaloosa News|date=May 22, 1991}}</ref>  After integration began the school stopped sponsoring social events, such as [[prom]]s<ref name=first/> although unofficial segregated events were still held.  By 1990, students at [[Eufaula High School (Eufaula, Alabama)|Eufaula High School]] had begun pressuring school officials to allow them to hold integrated proms, and the first such was held in 1991 without incident.<ref name=first/>

===Other recent history===

In 1963, the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] created [[Walter F. George Lake]] (unofficially named Lake Eufaula) behind the lock and dam of [[Fort Gaines, Georgia]], once again assuring Eufaula's importance as an [[inland port]].

In the early 1960s, the [[United States Coast Guard]] set up an Aids to Navigation Team in Eufaula that is still active today servicing from [[Columbus, Georgia]], to [[Apalachicola, Florida]], and the Flint River.

In 1964, the [[Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge]] was established along Lake [[Walter F. George]] to serve and protect many endangered and threatened species such as the American [[bald eagle]], the [[American alligator]], the [[wood stork]] and the [[peregrine falcon]].  The refuge is a major [[tourist]] attraction for visitors from around the country.

On March 3, 2019, a tornado hit the city as part of a [[Tornado outbreak of March 3, 2019|larger tornado outbreak]].<ref>[https://www.dothaneagle.com/eufaula_tribune/news/tornado-causes-major-damage-to-eufaula-airport-industrial-park-no/article_b02b607c-3e14-11e9-9ee8-170edce7bc06.html "Tornado causes major damage to Eufaula airport, industrial park; no injuries reported". ] ''Eufaula Tribune''. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.</ref> On March 31, 2020, another tornado struck the city. There were no reports of fatalities or injuries.<ref>Fuentes, Carmen (March 31, 2020). [https://www.wtvy.com/content/news/Eufaula-tornado-runs-through-neighborhood-569268011.html "Eufaula tornado runs through neighborhood"]. ''WTVY.com''. Retrieved April 2, 2020.</ref>

Eufaula has never had an African American mayor. Jack Tibbs Jr. won his third term as mayor in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtvy.com/2020/08/25/candidate-profile-three-candidates-in-eufaulas-mayoral-race/|title = CANDIDATE PROFILE: Three candidates in Eufaula's mayoral race}}</ref>

==Geography==
Eufaula is located at 31°53'21.732" North, 85°9'13.586" West (31.889370, -85.153774).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> 

The city is located along U.S. Highways [[U.S. Route 82#Alabama|82]] and [[U.S. Route 431 in Alabama|431]] in southeast Alabama on the Georgia state line, adjacent to the city of [[Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia|Georgetown, Georgia]], which is east across the [[Chattahoochee River]] from the city. U.S. 431 runs through the city from north to south as Eufaula Avenue, leading north {{convert|47|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Phenix City, Alabama|Phenix City]] and southwest {{convert|51|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Dothan, Alabama|Dothan]]. U.S. 82 runs from west to east through the city, concurrent with U.S. 431 through the northern part of the city until it reaches the downtown area, where it then runs east-west as Barbour Street. U.S. 82 leads southeast {{convert|26|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Cuthbert, Georgia|Cuthbert]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and northwest {{convert|41|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Union Springs, Alabama|Union Springs]]. [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], the state capital, is located {{convert|90|mi|km|abbr=on}} to the northwest via U.S. 82. 

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|73.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|59.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|14.1|sqmi|km2}} (19.13%) is water. It sits on a reservoir called [[Walter F. George Lake]], or Lake Eufaula to locals.

==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Eufaula has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=37210&cityname=Eufaula%2C+Alabama%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Eufaula, Alabama]</ref>

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|Sep record high F = 101
|Oct record high F = 100
|Nov record high F = 90
|Dec record high F = 84

|Jan avg record high F = 74.6
|Feb avg record high F = 77.7
|Mar avg record high F = 83.8
|Apr avg record high F = 87.0
|May avg record high F = 92.8
|Jun avg record high F = 95.9
|Jul avg record high F = 97.8
|Aug avg record high F = 97.2
|Sep avg record high F = 94.5
|Oct avg record high F = 88.6
|Nov avg record high F = 82.1
|Dec avg record high F = 76.4
|year avg record high F = 99.0

|Jan high F = 62.4
|Feb high F = 66.7
|Mar high F = 74.9
|Apr high F = 80.4
|May high F = 87.5
|Jun high F = 93.0
|Jul high F = 94.8
|Aug high F = 93.9
|Sep high F = 89.9
|Oct high F = 82.1
|Nov high F = 72.8
|Dec high F = 65.2
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|Jan mean F = 48.9
|Feb mean F = 52.2
|Mar mean F = 59.6
|Apr mean F = 65.3
|May mean F = 73.4
|Jun mean F = 80.4
|Jul mean F = 82.7
|Aug mean F = 81.9
|Sep mean F = 77.3
|Oct mean F = 67.7
|Nov mean F = 57.8
|Dec mean F = 51.2
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 35.4
|Feb low F = 37.7
|Mar low F = 44.3
|Apr low F = 50.2
|May low F = 59.3
|Jun low F = 67.8
|Jul low F = 70.7
|Aug low F = 69.9
|Sep low F = 64.7
|Oct low F = 53.2
|Nov low F = 42.9
|Dec low F = 37.3
|year low F = 

|Jan avg record low F = 19.9
|Feb avg record low F = 23.3
|Mar avg record low F = 27.5
|Apr avg record low F = 36.2
|May avg record low F = 45.6
|Jun avg record low F = 59.7
|Jul avg record low F = 65.1
|Aug avg record low F = 62.3
|Sep avg record low F = 53.1
|Oct avg record low F = 37.9
|Nov avg record low F = 27.1
|Dec avg record low F = 23.4
|year avg record low F = 17.2

|Jan record low F = 5
|Feb record low F = 8
|Mar record low F = 17
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 36
|Jun record low F = 44
|Jul record low F = 55
|Aug record low F = 54
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F = 26
|Nov record low F = 14
|Dec record low F = 8

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|Jan precipitation inch = 4.81
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.72
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.10
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.37
|May precipitation inch = 3.29
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.86
|Jul precipitation inch = 5.37
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.81
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.81
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.13
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.22
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.47
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|Jan precipitation days = 8.0
|Feb precipitation days = 7.4
|Mar precipitation days = 7.1
|Apr precipitation days = 6.9
|May precipitation days = 5.1
|Jun precipitation days = 7.9
|Jul precipitation days = 9.7
|Aug precipitation days = 7.7
|Sep precipitation days = 5.5
|Oct precipitation days = 4.6
|Nov precipitation days = 5.5
|Dec precipitation days = 7.3

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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Eufaula Wildlife REF, AL
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}}
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 3000
|1870= 3185
|1880= 3836
|1890= 4394
|1900= 4532
|1910= 4259
|1920= 4939
|1930= 5208
|1940= 6269
|1950= 6906
|1960= 8357
|1970= 9102
|1980= 12097
|1990= 13220
|2000= 13908
|2010= 13137
|2020= 12882
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Eufaula racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0124568&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,637
|43.76%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|6,041
|46.89%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|21
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|64
|0.5%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|357
|2.77%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|762
|5.92%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 12,882 people, 4,969 households, and 3,215 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 8, 2015 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2010, there were 13,137 people, 5,237 households, and 3,630 families residing in the city. There were 5,829 housing units at an average density of {{convert|79.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 51.0% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 44.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.9% from two or more races. 4.3% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 5,237 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 22.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city, the population's age was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,025, and the median income for a family was $44,234. Males had a median income of $37,985 versus $23,890 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,515. About 18.0% of families and 23.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.8% of those under age 18 and 20.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[File:1844.06.18.charleston.courier.advert.for.eufaula.female.academy.png|thumb|150px|left|Advertisement in the ''[[The Post and Courier|Charleston Courier]]'' seeking superintendent for newly opened Eufaula Female Academy; June 18, 1844]]
Eufaula is served by Eufaula City Schools which has two elementary schools. It has a middle school, Admiral Moorer Middle School, named after Admiral [[Thomas Hinman Moorer]]. The local high school is [[Eufaula High School (Alabama)|Eufaula High School]] and their mascot is a tiger. It is also served by a private accredited school, Lakeside School. The Lakeside athletic teams are known as the Chiefs. Eufaula also has a smaller unaccredited school, Parkview Christian School.  Eufaula was home to the [[Eufaula Female Academy]], a [[female seminary]] founded in 1844.

==Culture and recreation==

===Historic buildings===
Many of Eufaula's historic buildings are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>  Other historic buildings include the [[Eufaula First United Methodist Church]] and the [[First Baptist Church of Eufaula]].  The [[Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District]], with 667 [[contributing properties]], is the second-largest historic district in Alabama.<ref name="nris"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eufaulaalabama.com/visitor/attractions.htm |work=City of Eufaula, Alabama |title=Visitor Information - Attractions |access-date=June 20, 2008 |archive-date=June 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622004640/http://www.eufaulaalabama.com/visitor/attractions.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Shorter Mansion]] was built in 1884 by [[Eli Shorter]] and is recognized by the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]].  The bottom floor is often host to many receptions and events, while the second floor serves as a museum honoring the six Alabama governors from Barbour County, as well as Admiral [[Thomas Moorer]], a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<ref name="nris"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eufaulapilgrimage.com/shortermansionpg.html |work=Eufaula Heritage Association |title=The Shorter Mansion |access-date=May 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429081658/http://www.eufaulapilgrimage.com/shortermansionpg.html |archive-date=April 29, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Holleman-Foy House is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>and stands in 215 W Broad St. The building was designed by [[George Franklin Barber]] and built in 1907 for Judge Henry Holleman. According to the National Register of Historic Places nomination the house was published in the 5th edition of ''Modern Dwellings'' (1905) under the title "An Ideal Home". In 1909 the house was sold to William Foy.

[[Fendall Hall]], built from 1856 to 1860, is an [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]]-style [[historic house museum]] owned and operated by the [[Alabama Historical Commission]].<ref name="nris"/><ref name="fendall">{{cite web |url=http://www.preserveala.org/fendallhall.aspx |title=Fendall Hall |publisher=Alabama Historic Commission |access-date=June 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703030430/http://www.preserveala.org/fendallhall.aspx |archive-date=July 3, 2011 }}</ref>

===Sports===
[[Walter F. George Lake|Lake Eufaula]] is known as the "Big Bass Capital of the World".<ref>{{cite web |work=Outdoor Alabama |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/where/reservoirs/eufaula/ |title=Fish and Fishing in Lake Eufaula |access-date=April 11, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405173824/http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/where/reservoirs/eufaula/ |archive-date=April 5, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Eufaula was home to a [[minor league baseball]] team, the [[Eufaula Millers]], in 1952 and 1953.

===Movie location===
In the 2002 film ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]'', the historic homes shown in Melanie's (Reese Witherspoon) return to Pigeon Creek were shot in Eufaula.

===Tree That Owns Itself===
{{Main|Tree That Owns Itself (Alabama)}}
The Tree That Owns Itself is an oak tree in Eufaula that has been replaced several times. It was given the ownership of its land by the governor in 1936, with each of the two replacements receiving the ownership to the land too. Confederate soldier Captain John A. Walker previously owned the land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alabamapioneers.com/tree-owned-eufaula-alabama/|title=An oak tree in Eufaula, Alabama officially owns itself – here is why – Alabama Pioneers|website=www.alabamapioneers.com|language=en-US|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-tree-that-owns-itself-eufaula-alabama|title=The Tree That Owns Itself|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Alpheus Baker]], brigadier general in the [[Confederate States Army]]<ref>{{cite book|author=John D. Wright|title=The Routledge Encyclopedia of Civil War Era Biographies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_wpKWzSmvUC&pg=PA24|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-87803-6|page=24}}</ref>
* [[Peyton Brown]], model and [[Miss Alabama USA|Miss Alabama USA 2016]]<ref>Amber Sutton, "[http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2015/11/peyton_brown_of_eufaula_crowne.html Peyton Brown, of Eufaula, crowned Miss Alabama USA 2016]", AL.com, November 7, 2015, retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref>
* [[Daryon Brutley]], former professional football [[defensive back]]
* [[Edward Bullock]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] officer and two-term [[Alabama Senate|Alabama state senator]]
* [[Frank Clark (politician)|Frank Clark]], former member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]
* [[James S. Clark]], speaker of the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] from 1987 to 1999
* [[S. Hubert Dent Jr.]], U.S. representative from 1909 to 1921
* [[Lula Mae Hardaway]], mother of entertainer [[Stevie Wonder]]<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/arts/music/09hardaway.html?_r=1| title = Lula Mae Hardaway, 76, Stevie Wonder's Mother, Dies| date = June 9, 2006| work= The New York Times|access-date=April 6, 2014}}</ref>
* [[William Henry Harrison Hart]], African American attorney
* [[Bertha Merrill Holt|Bertha "B" Holt]] (born August 16, 1916), representative in the [[North Carolina General Assembly]]
* [[Jerrel Jernigan]], professional football player
* [[Walter Kehoe]], U.S. representative from Florida from 1917 to 1919
* [[Reuben Kolb]], Alabama politician
* [[Charles S. McDowell]], tenth [[lieutenant governor of Alabama]]
* [[Thomas Hinman Moorer]], [[chief of Naval Operations]] and [[chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]
* [[Martha Reeves]], [[Motown]] singer, [[Martha Reeves and the Vandellas]], and Detroit city councilwoman
* [[Walter Reeves (American football)|Walter Reeves]] (born December 15, 1965), professional football player
* [[Simon F. Rothschild]] (1861–1936), merchant<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt89C1-s0KoC&q=%22Simon+Frank+Rothschild+%22&pg=RA12-PA112|title=Brooklyn Life, Volume 51|year=1915|pages=112 }}</ref>
* [[Eli Sims Shorter]], U.S. representative from 1855 to 1859
* [[John Gill Shorter]], 17th [[governor of Alabama]]<ref name=besson/>{{rp|16}}
* [[Les Snead]], general manager of the NFL [[Los Angeles Rams]]
* [[Courtney Upshaw]], professional football player
* [[George Wallace Jr.]], former Alabama public service commissioner and state treasurer
* [[Dave Watson (American football)|Dave Watson]], former professional football [[offensive lineman]]
* [[Edwin "Pa" Watson]], U.S. Army major general, friend and senior aide to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
* [[Xavier Woodson-Luster]], professional football player
* [[Hunter Wyatt-Brown]], former bishop of [[Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania|Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg (Central Pennsylvania)]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Eufaula Alabama Cotton Reeves Peanut Company.JPG|Reeves Peanut Company, the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]]-style warehouse was built by the Eufaula Grocery Company in 1903.
File:Eufaula Alabama Post Office 36027.JPG|Eufaula post office ([[ZIP Code]]: 36027)
File:WalterGeorgeLockandDam.jpg|The Walter F. George lock and dam which creates [[Walter F. George Lake|Lake Eufaula]].
File:2011.05.21.075809 E Broad St. Eufaula Alabama USA.jpg|Christie Pappas Building at E. Broad Street.
File:Fendall Hall.jpg|[[Fendall Hall]], built from 1856 to 1860, is an [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]]-style [[historic house museum]] that is owned and operated by the [[Alabama Historical Commission]].<ref name="nris"/><ref name="fendall"/> It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on July 28, 1970.
File:The Tavern Eufaula Alabama.JPG|[[The Tavern (Eufaula, Alabama)|The Tavern]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on October 6, 1970.
File:Bray-Barron House Eufaula Alabama.JPG|The Bray-Barron House was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on May 27, 1971.
File:Lewis Llewellyn Cato House.jpg|The Lewis Llewellyn Cato House was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on May 27, 1971.
File:Sheppard Cottage Eufaula Alabama.JPG|Built in 1837, Sheppard Cottage is the oldest known residence in Eufaula. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on May 27, 1971.
File:McNab Bank Building Eufaula Alabama.JPG|The McNab Bank Building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on June 24, 1971.
File:Wellborn Eufaula Alabama.jpg|The Wellborn-Thomas House was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on July 14, 1971.
File:Kendall Manor Eufaula Alabama.JPG|Kendall Manor was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on January 14, 1972.
File:Shorter Mansion 01.jpg|The [[Shorter Mansion]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on January 14, 1972.
File:Drewry-Mitchell-Moorer House Eufaula Alabama.JPG|The Drewry-Mitchell-Moorer House was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on April 13, 1972.
File:Gov Chauncy Sparks House Eufaula Alabama.JPG|The Sparks-Irby House was the home of the [[Governors of Alabama|44th Alabama Governor]], [[Chauncey Sparks]] and his sister, Mrs. Louise Sparks Flewellen. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on June 28, 1972.
File:2011.05.21.080356 N Eufaula Ave. Eufaula Alabama USA.jpg|The [[Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on December 12, 1973.
File:Kiels-McNab House Eufaula Alabama.JPG|The Kiels-McNab House was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on January 21, 1982.
File:Eglise-Presbyterienne-Eufaula-Alabama.JPG|First Presbyterian Church, completed in 1869.
File:Eufaula Carnegie Library.JPG|The Eufaula [[Carnegie Library]], built in 1904.
File:Eufaula Alabama WWI Memorial.JPG|This statue of a [[World War I|WWI]] [[Spirit of the American Doughboy|doughboy]], with his arm outstretched, honors the men from Eufaula who perished in the [[World War I|war]]. It was erected and dedicated in 1920.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Literature==
* Alsobrook, David Ernest. ''Southside: Eufaula's Cotton Mill Village and its People, 1890-1945.'' Mercer University Press.

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.eufaulaalabama.com City Webpage]
*[http://www.eufaulapolice.org Eufaula Police Webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810002028/http://eufaulapolice.org/ |date=August 10, 2018 }}
*[http://www.eufaulapilgrimage.com Eufaula Pilgrimage]
*[http://www.ecs.k12.al.us Eufaula City Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020450/https://www.ecs.k12.al.us/ |date=November 1, 2020 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060406034902/http://zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2235 Eufaula Tribune]
*[http://www.catohouse.com Cato-Thorne House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411060234/http://www.catohouse.com/ |date=April 11, 2010 }}

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