Eunola, Alabama

Eunola is a census-designated place and former town in Geneva County, Alabama, United States.

It was disincorporated by judicial order in 2007 due to its not having held elections in a half-century and that it lacked a minimum of 300 residents required to reincorporate under Alabama state law.

Several days later, many Eunola residents signed a petition in hopes of reincorporating, and papers were filed in Geneva County Probate Court to start the process.

Probate Judge Fred Hamic then asked for an Attorney General's opinion on whether the town could reincorporate.

In January 2008 the Attorney General ruled that Alabama law precludes a community with a population of less than 300 from being incorporated.

That means, in essence, the Town of Eunola never existed and would have to incorporate through the requirements of Alabama law, including the population provision.

Attorney Jeffery D. Hatcher of Geneva, Alabama challenged the validity of the ordinance on the grounds that it was not properly adopted, and also that it was moot because the town had never held elections since being granted a charter in 1957.

Another lawsuit arose from that action, resulting in the town losing its charter after it was proven no elections were held.

Map of Alabama highlighting Geneva County