Lacey's Spring, Alabama
human settlement in Morgan County, Alabama, United States of America
Lacey's Spring is an unincorporated community in northeastern Morgan County, Alabama, United States at the base of Brindlee Mountain. Despite adjoining the southern outskirts of a much grown Huntsville, it remains in Morgan County's Decatur Metropolitan Area. Lacey's Spring also contributes to the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
The community was established by three Virginia-born brothers, Hopkins, John, and Theophilus Lacy. The community took on their name and became the site for a U.S. post office in February 1831. "Lacy's Spring" became "Lacey's Spring" when the postal seal furnished by Washington officials mistakenly inserted an "e" into the name.
“Lacey's Spring, Alabama” enters the record as human settlement in Morgan County, Alabama, United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lacey's, Spring and Alabama can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3461479. VIAF identifies the subject as 145441156. The Library of Congress control number is n82108329. Authority coordinates are 34.425, -86.737. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1831.
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