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Aug 28, 2015 · Opelika was incorporated as a town on February 9, 1854. The Alabama legislature decreed that the town limits extended a mile in every direction from the Montgomery and West Point Railway station. In the first town election in March, Beverly Johnson was elected as the “intendant” or mayor of Opelika.
Jul 26, 2023 · The Opelika area was first settled as a community called Lebenon in 1832 after the Treaty of Cusseta was signed by the U.S. government and the Mukogee (Creek) Nation. Before the treaty, the area was called Opelika which in the Mukogee language means “large swamp”.
The Opelika area was first settled in 1832 after the Treaty of Cusseta [4] was signed by the U.S. government and the Creek Nation. This treaty placed the land, and all other Creek territories east of the Mississippi River, under the possession of the United States government.
The first white settlers in the area now known as Opelika arrived in the late 1830s and established a community called Lebenon. After the removal of the native peoples by force in 1836-37, the area became known as "Opelika", taken from a word in the Muskogee language meaning "large swamp."
The first settlers entered the area following the signing of a final treaty with the Creek in 1832. Opelika is a Creek word meaning “large swamp,” although there is no evidence of a swamp in the vicinity, and the name was probably meant to be descriptive of the river and lakes surrounding the area.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 6, 2024 · History. Darden House in Opelika The first white settlers arrived in the area now known as Opelika in the late 1830s, after the Creek Indians ceded the land to the U.S. government in the 1832 Treaty of Cusseta.
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May 24, 2024 · The Opelika area was first settled in 1832 after the Treaty of Cusseta was signed by the U.S. government and the Creek Nation. After the treaty, Opelika kept its original Creek name, which translates to the “Large Swamp”.
