Autauga County

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Autauga County Courthouse
Autauga County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Prattville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Autauga County Courthouse
134 N Court Street Suite 106
Prattville, AL 36067
Foundation : November 21, 1818
Made up from: Montgomery County
Area code : 001 334
Demographics
Residents : 54,571  (2010)
Population density : 35.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1,564.7 km²
Water surface : 25.8 km²
map
Map of Autauga County within Alabama
Website : www.autaugaco.org

The Autauga County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Prattville .

geography

The county is located just south of the geographic center of Alabama and has an area of ​​1,566 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Chilton County , Elmore County , Montgomery County , Lowndes County, and Dallas County . The southern county boundary is formed by the Alabama River , the western boundary by Mulberry Creek .

traffic

Interstate 65 runs north-south in the northwest corner of the county . Other road links include US Highways 31 and 82 , and Alabama State Route 14 .

history

The Daniel Pratt Gin Manufacturing Company in the Daniel Pratt Historic District (2010)

After their defeat in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , which ended the Creek War , the Muskogee were forced to cede land to the United States in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in August 1814. Today's county belonged to this area. It was established on November 21, 1818 by resolution of the State Legislature of the Alabama Territory from parts of Montgomery County . It was named after the settlement of Atagi ("Land of Abundance") founded by the Alabamas and located at the mouth of the Autauga Creek in the Alabama River . Washington, built on the site of Atagis, was the county seat first. This became Kingston in 1830 and Prattville in 1868. In 1833, the industrialist Daniel Pratt settled in the county and established a manufacturing facility for Egrenier machines that soon became the largest of its kind in the world. He also built the county's first railroad and a public road between Washington and Prattville, and in 1859 a school for the children of his workers. Pratt is considered the first major entrepreneur in Alabama's history. The first courthouse was built in the Italianate style in 1870 and was replaced by a new one in 1907.

The Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House (2010) has been registered in the NRHP since October 1974.

Five structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 28, 2020, including the Daniel Pratt Historic District , Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House, and the Bell House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1820 3853 -
1830 11,874 208.2%
1840 14,342 20.8%
1850 15,023 4.7%
1860 16,739 11.4%
1870 11,623 -30.6%
1880 13,108 12.8%
1890 18,330 39.8%
1900 17,915 -2.3%
1910 20,038 11.9%
1920 18,908 -5.6%
1930 19,694 4.2%
1940 20,977 6.5%
1950 18,186 -13.3%
1960 18,739 3%
1970 24,460 30.5%
1980 32,259 31.9%
1990 34,222 6.1%
2000 43,671 27.6%
2010 54,471 24.7%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Autauga County (as of 2000)
Former County Courthouse in Prattville
The Robert F. Henry Dam and boat lift on the Alabama River .

As of the 2010 census , Autauga County had 54,571 people in 22,138 households and 15,064 families. The population was divided into 7570 people (13.9 percent) under 10 years, 8580 people (15.8 percent) between 10 and 19 years, 6237 people (11.4 percent) between 20 and 29 years, 7487 people (13 , 7 percent) between 30 and 39 years, 8418 people (15.4 percent) between 40 and 49 years, 9733 people (17.8 percent) between 50 and 64 years, 6546 people (12.0 percent) were 65 years and older. The mean age was 37.0 years. The county had 26,567 (48.7 percent) males with a mean age of 35.9 years and 28,002 females (51.3 percent) with a mean age of 37.9 years.

Of the 22,138 households, 31.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 56.2 percent were married couples living together, 7.3 percent were single mothers, and 25.5 percent were non-families. 22.0 percent were single households and 8.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.13 people.

The racial the population was composed of 78.5 percent white, 17.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Hawaiian and residents from the Pacific island area and 2.4 percent other ethnic groups together.

The median income for a household in the county , adjusted for inflation, was $ 53,255 and the median income for a family was $ 64,271. The per capita income was $ 24,568. 7.5 percent of families and 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010 there were 4,067 businesses in the county, of which 15.2 percent were owned by African Americans, 0.0 percent by Native Americans, 1.3 percent by Asian people, 0.0 percent by Hawaiians or residents of the Pacific Islands, 0 , 7 percent were Hispanic or Latin American and 31.7 percent were operated by women.

Places in the county

Cultural monuments

See: List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Autauga County

literature

  • Thomas McAdory Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. SJ Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago IL 1921.
  • Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa et al. 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161526. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ 20140328143802 - Autauga County ( Memento of March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010. 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 13.
    Herbert J. “Jim” Lewis: Daniel Pratt in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, November 2, 2018, accessed May 13, 2020.
    Christopher Maloney: Prattville in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, October 14, 2019, accessed May 13, 2020.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Autaga County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, February 23, 2018, accessed May 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Montgomery-Janes-Whittaker House in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 28, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 28, 2020.
  6. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  8. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012
  9. ↑ Census Datasheet ( Memento from September 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 21, 2012
  10. ↑ Census Datasheet FIPS CountyName.txt ( Memento of October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 21, 2012
  11. ↑ Census DataDict ( Memento of 15 September 2012 at the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 21, 2012

Web links

Commons : Autauga County, Alabama  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Coordinates: 32 ° 32 ′  N , 86 ° 39 ′  W