Millers Ferry is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Wilcox County,

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, United States. The

Millers Ferry Lock and Dam Millers Ferry Lock and Dam is a lock and hydroelectric dam on the Alabama River, near the community of Millers Ferry, Alabama. It was built by and continues to be operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Construction of the complex ...

is located near the community on the

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History

Miller's Ferry Normal and Industrial School was founded in 1884 in Millers Ferry and served as a private boarding school for African American students.

2007 tornado

On March 1, 2007, Millers Ferry was struck by a violent EF4 tornado. One person was killed, two others were injured, and over 70 houses were damaged or destroyed. The tornado caused well over $2 million in damage.National Weather Service-March 1 2007, Mills Ferry EF4 Tornado
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Gallery

Below are photographs taken in Millers Ferry as part of the

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: File:Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, March 24, 1937 NORTH (FRONT) ELEVATION - Rosemary House and Plantation Store, State Route 28 vicinity, Millers Ferry, HABS ALA,66-MILF.V,1-1.tif, Rosemary House and Plantation File:Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, March 24, 1937 LOOKING SOUTH EAST AT OLD STORE - Rosemary House and Plantation Store, State Route 28 vicinity, HABS ALA,66-MILF.V,1-11.tif, Old store, Rosemary House and Plantation File:Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, March 28, 1937 NORTH (FRONT) ELEVATION - Sellers-Henderson House and Smokehouse, State Route 28, Millers Ferry, Wilcox HABS ALA,66-MILF,1-1.tif, Sellers-Henderson House

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Wilcox County, Alabama {{WilcoxCountyAL-geo-stub