Glossary

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• Valley
  Valley is located in Chambers County in east-central Alabama, immediately on the border between Alabama...
• Valley Grande
  Valley Grande is located in northeast Dallas County in west-central Alabama. It has a mayor/council form...
• Vernon
  Vernon is the county seat of Lamar County and is located on the western border of the state. Songwriter...
• Vestavia Hills
  Vestavia Hills is located primarily in Jefferson County, but portions of the city also lie within Shelby...
• Vincent
  Sections of Vincent are located in three counties: Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega. The majority of...
• Vine and Olive Colony
  The Vine and Olive Colony was an early settlement of French expatriates located near present-day Demopolis...
• Howell Hubert Vines
  Howell Vines (1899-1981) is best characterized as a local-color author who drew his inspiration from...
• Mary Elizabeth Vroman
  Mary Elizabeth Vroman (1924?-1967) was a young Alabama schoolteacher when she published her first story,...
• Vulcan Materials Company
  Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials Company is the leading U.S. producer of construction aggregates, crushed...
• Vulcan Statue and Vulcan Park
  The statue of Vulcan looks down over the city of Birmingham from a height of almost 600 feet, watching...