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Feb 6, 2024 · After the Civil War ended, the city was in desperate need of rebuilding. The Alabama State Legislature created a new county out of parts of Macon, Russell, Chambers, and Tallapoosa counties, naming it after Confederate general Robert E. Lee. In 1866, citizens of the new Lee County voted Opelika as the new county seat.
Though the territory now belonged to the U.S., Opelika kept its Creek name, which translates to "large swamp", [5] from opilwa (swamp) and lako (big). [6] Two decades after settlement, Opelika was chartered as a town on February 9, 1854, [7] thanks to its rapid growth.
Aug 28, 2015 · By Fred Woods. Editor. Opelika first appeared on a map in 1733. Shown on DeCranay’s map in that year it was spelled “Oppillaka.” The word reportedly meant “large swamp,” or “swampy place” in the Muskogee (what they called themselves)or Creek (what we called them) language.
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”.
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 original settlement grew up around a Methodist church (1837).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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."
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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.
