The settlement is named for Samuel Dale, Lauderdale County's first representative in the Mississippi Legislature.

This grant included Lots 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10, of Section 5, Township 8 North, Range 16 East in the District of Sands.

John A. McKellar lived in Perry County, Alabama, USA at the time of the grant.

[3] The area north of Hickory Grove Road is in the 32nd State Senate District which seats Sampson Jackson, II (D).

[5] The city is located in Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, represented by Gregg Harper (R), who has been in office since 2009.