what county is eclectic located
Eclectic is located in northeastern Elmore County in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city council form of government. The area in which Eclectic is located is among the many places in Alabama that are rumored to have been on the route of the Hernando de Soto expedition in the sixteenth century. Originally part of Creek territory, the town's land was first owned by tribemember Ho-Pic-You-Che, who received an allotment of land through the Treaty of Cusseta in 1832.