The Hanceville area was first settled in the s by settlers from South Carolina and Virginia and was located in Blount County when it was created in Battleground is located in the northwestern section of Cullman County, bordering Morgan County, overlooking the Tennessee Valley.
The name Battleground was derived from a battle that took place along the Forrest Streight Trail during the Civil War. One of the historical landmarks in Battleground is Battleground School. Built in , the school was closed in the mid s. Today it is managed and maintained by Camp Liberty located in Battleground. The largest corporate presence in Battleground is the acre Camp Liberty a military-themed summer camp. Black Bottom is an unincorporated community in Cullman County located near the junction of Interstate 65 and Alabama State Route 91, 2.
Crane Hill is an unincorporated community in Cullman County, located in the southwestern portion of the county. The community of Crane Hill can trace its history back to , when the first settlers recorded their land titles. This area is named after the Sandhill Crane who fished the streams and roosted on a hill located just north of Mt. Zion Road and part of the Kirby Lay property. Known for its Southern culture and charm, Cullman and Cullman County shares a strong heritage that springs from its founder, Col.
John G. Along with a sense of history and identity comes a strong work ethic and a pioneer spirit that is evident in the people of Cullman County who strive to make everything here the very best it can be. As the settlement expanded, Cullmann served as doctor, preacher, judge, ticket agent, and real estate dealer.
Cullmann founded a German and English language newspaper, Der Nord Alabama Colonist , which helped to bridge the gap between the German and the English-speaking peoples in the town. Clarkson Covered Bridge The settlement grew so quickly that in , just four years after the city was founded, the state legislature passed a bill creating a new county around the town.
It was decided that the town and county would both be called "Cullman" after the town's founder, but with only one "n. One estimate is that Cullmann was responsible for bringing more than , immigrants from Europe and other parts of America to the South from to , though not specifically to Cullman itself. During these years, the language heard in Cullman stores and churches was mostly German.
However, as more and more English-speaking Americans began to settle in Cullman and the number of new German settlers decreased, English became the primary language, especially for trade and communication purposes. In the s, in anticipation of celebrating Cullman's centennial, its residents became interested in recovering the history of their German culture. As part of this rediscovery effort, the town of Cullman began a "sister city" program with Frankweiler, Germany, Cullmann's hometown, in On April 27, , a massive storm, causing numerous powerful tornadoes , struck the southeastern United States.
More than people were killed in Alabama, including one person in Cullman. According to Census estimates, Cullman recorded a population of 15, Of that number, Cullman Farmer Cullman began as an agricultural center, in large part because of its good climate , and was known for producing corn, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, tomatoes, pole beans, lima beans, and pimiento peppers.
At one time, Cullman produced a large majority of the pimiento peppers grown in the United States. In the late s, however, poultry became Cullman's leading industry.
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