Dale County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 49,326. Its county seat and largest city is Ozark. Its name is in honor of General Samuel Dale.
Daleville historical marker
Samuel Dale, known as the "Daniel Boone of Alabama", was an American frontiersman, soldier, and politician, who fought under General Andrew Jackson, in the Creek War, later, becoming a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, and an advocate for Alabama statehood.
An 1860 artist's impression of Sam Dale acting as a scout ca. 1795
Dale in the 1813 Canoe Fight, with the Creek Nation, on the Alabama River, Mississippi Territory
Samuel Dale monument
Samuel Dale gravestone