Marion Military Institute Barracks

Take part in Perry County's history with the Dial & Discover Tour. Simply dial 1.334.526.3061 from any phone, and use the site number listed by each featured historic site to listen to its unique history as told by a Marion local. Be prepared for an experience as rich as the Black Belt soil!

Located in west central Alabama, PERRY COUNTY was established in the same year Alabama became a state, and early in its development was called upon to give some of its territory to help establish surrounding counties.

From the northern part of the county where forests cover the trailing end of the Appalachian Mountains, the hills and valleys give way to the grass covered prairies and geometric croplands of the fabled Black Belt. The generous rains of the changing seasons feed the streams and creeks that run East to the Alabama River and West to the Tombigbee River. Coursing through the county itself is one of America's last free running wild rivers, The Cahaba, a river that boasts more species of fish than any other in the United States.

Perry Countians recall participation in the historically significant Civil Rights Movement of the Sixties. Today there is a harmonious blending of Caucasian and African-American cultures with a determination for a bright future.