CAHABA

historic village, Dallas county, southwest-central Alabama, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Cahaba and Alabama rivers. Founded in 1819 as the first capital of Alabama, Cahaba thrived until floods forced the state government to move to Tuscaloosa in 1826. Further damaged during the American Civil War, Cahaba remained the seat of Dallas county until replaced by Selma in 1866. Only ruins of the original buildings remain.