Editing Grove Hill, Alabama (section)

==History==
The area that is now Grove Hill was originally inhabited by Creek and Choctaw Indians. During the [[Creek War]], settlers in the community sought protection in [[Fort White (Alabama)|Fort White]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Place Names in Alabama|last=Foscue|first=Virginia|date=1989|publisher=The University of Alabama Press|isbn=0-8173-0410-X|location=[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]|page=66}}</ref> The county seat of Clarke County was established at what later became Grove Hill in 1832 as the spot was most central to the rest of the county. Known variously as Smithville, then Macon, the name Grove Hill was selected around 1850 for the large grove of oak trees on the plateau. The town was officially incorporated and chartered in 1929.<ref name=chamber>{{Cite web| title =  The Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce  |url = http://www.grovehillal.com/|archive-url = https://archive.today/20121206040410/http://www.grovehillal.com/|url-status = usurped|archive-date = December 6, 2012| access-date = January 15, 2010}}</ref> In 1853, a yellow fever epidemic struck the town, killing many residents, almost wiping out the town.<ref name=owen>{{Cite book  | last = Owen  | first = Thomas McAdory |author2=Marie Bankhead Owen  | title = History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 1  | publisher = The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company  | year = 1921  | pages = 716  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=alabama+history}}</ref>

The Grove Hill area has numerous sites on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] including the [[Alston-Cobb House]], [[Bush House (Grove Hill, Alabama)|Bush House]], [[John A. Coate House]], [[Cobb House (Grove Hill, Alabama)|Cobb House]], [[Dickinson House (Grove Hill, Alabama)|Dickinson House]], [[Fort Sinquefield]], and the [[Grove Hill Courthouse Square Historic District]].<ref name="NRIS">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>