unincorporated community
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in
Talladega County, Alabama
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, United States.
History
The community was originally called Jumpers Spring, purportedly named after a local
Creek Indian
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Indian Territory
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, the
United States General Land Office
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opened here in 1834 to sell land. It operated in Mardisville until 1842.
The community was renamed Mardisville in honor of Samuel Wright Mardis, who served as the land agent until his death. At one point, the community was home to a sixteen-room tavern, wood shop, tailor shop, general store, cake shop, bakery, and several churches. It was a trading center for a rural area devoted to cotton plantations. A post office called Mardisville was established in 1833, and operated until 1881.
Notable people
* Joab Lawler, U.S. Representative from 1835 to 1838
* Micah Taul, U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1815 to 1817. Moved to Mardisville. Grandfather of Taul Bradford.