Alabama Mounds/Earthworks

Collinsville Mound, Collinsville, Alabama

Period: Mississippian

This single platform mound was located by Little Wills Creek in a valley between Lookout Mountain to the east and the smaller Big Ridge to the west. The Cherokee Indians were the first to inhabit this area. In 1924 Collinsville Baptist Church purchased property and built a the church on the site two years later.

Illustration by Carol Hicks from Native American Mounds in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide to Public Sites, Revised by Dr. Gregory L. Little, Ed.D.

Links to learn more about the Collinsville Mound

• History of Collinsville www.collinsvillealabama.net
• The Historical Marker Database www.hmdb.org