Frontiersmen from the fledgling United States quickly settled in the area. The future governor of the state of Alabama, William Wyatt Bibb, migrated to the area at that time. A land speculator from Georgia, he purchased the land that the village of Koasati occupied, and sub-divided it into lots for sale. By 1818, the town had a post office and a sawmill. Following the establishment of the train depot in 1872, the settlement was called "Coosada Station."The new spelling of "Coosada" came about when the maker of the depot sign left off the "w" in error. (See Encyclopedia of Alabama.) Around 1890 the town became simply "Coosada."Coosada; webpage; Kaetz, James P.; Auburn University paper; via Encyclopedia of Alabama online; retrieved January 18, 2021
