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Spiller Furniture of Northport has been a part of the Spiller Family since 1965. Originally located in downtown Northport, this store has one of the longest histories with the company. The store is now located off Highway 82 in Northport.

City Info

Traditionally, the settlement at Northport is believed to have been first known as "Kentuck" or "Canetuck". One theory has suggested that the City was called Kentuck because the word meant paradise or Shangri-la during that time. A dictionary entry of the time read "Heaven is a real Kentuck of a place. "Persinger believed the name was "Canetuck" because the area was a cane-brake wilderness during this period. Nevertheless at some point in the 1800s, it became known as North Port. And why not? She had a "port" of her own on the north side of the river with equal facilities for taking care of all the cotton brought to the river from the vast territory north and west of the town. Also, the port was used for shipping and receiving freight by the river and furnishing all the territory with salt, sugar, molasses, rice, calico, whiskey, nails, plows, etc. Northport's early history revolved around the river, but the little town continued to grow after railroads and highways surpassed river traffic in the volume of transportation. During the Civil War, Northport suffered many losses as did most Southern cities. General Craxton's raiders approached the City of Tuscaloosa through Northport and destroyed the bridge between the two cities Northport was incorporated in 1871. The first newspaper was the NORTHPORT SPECTATOR which existed from 1870 to 1873. A pre-Civil War school was located on Academy Hill and a free school was built by Northport between Main Avenue and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad depot in 1901. The city's population at that time was approximately 600 people.

Other Websites about Northport you might like to visit:

http://www.cityofnorthport.org
http://www.tcpara.org

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