Trussville Furnace

1889-1919

Operated on this site under the ownership of seven companies to produce foundry pig iron. Supplied pig iron during World War 1. Closed for the last time in the Spring of 1919. Dismantled in 1933, and the land sold in ...

Trussville

The Town of Trussville was named for the Truss Family who emigrated from North Carolina in the early 1820's.

Trussville was incorporated in 1947.

The present City Hall was constructed in 1959 on land patented in 1821 by Warren Truss.

Marker is on ...

First Baptist Church of Trussville

Organized as Cahawba Baptist Church, 1821 Elder Sion Blythe, pastor Anderson Robertson, Sherwood Holley, deacons John Stovall, Jordan Williams, trustees.

Member of Canaan (now Birmingham) Baptist Association since its beginning in 1833.

This marker dedicated at the church’s 141st Anniversary, July 14, ...

Trussville, Alabama

Trussville was settled between 1816 and 1819 by a few settlers from the Carolinas prior to Alabama becoming the 22nd state in December 1819. The First Baptist Church, Cahaba, was organized in 1821. Trussville’s first postmaster in 1833 was Arthur ...