Blount County, Alabama

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Blount County Courthouse
Blount County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Oneonta
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
220 2nd Ave East, Room 106
Oneonta, AL 35121-1747
Foundation : February 6, 1818
Made up from: Montgomery County
Area code : 001 205
Demographics
Residents : 57,322  (2010)
Population density : 34.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1685 km²
Water surface : 13 km²
map
Map of Blount County within Alabama
Website : www.co.blount.al.us

The Blount County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Oneonta . The county is a so-called dry county , which means that the sale of alcoholic beverages is severely restricted.

geography

The county is located in north-central Alabama, about 100 km to the north from Tennessee , about 100 km to the east from Georgia , and has an area of ​​1,685 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Marshall County , Etowah County , St. Clair County , Walker County , Jefferson County, and Cullman County .

history

One of the first white settlers in the area was George Powell. He was one of the earliest land surveyors in Alabama and was the author of the first historical treatise on Blount County. The county was formed on February 6, 1818 by resolution of the State Legislature of the Alabama Territory from parts of Montgomery County and parts of the land belonging to the Cherokee Indians. Parts of the county later became parts of Jefferson , Marshall , Walker, and Cullman Counties . It was named after Willie Blount , the fourth governor of Tennessee , who supported the settlers in what was then Mississippi Territory in the wars of 1813-14 against the Creek and ordered General Andrew Jackson there. Many of the soldiers stayed there and set up a trading post in what is now Blountsville. From 1818 to 1889 Blountsville was the seat of the county government, then Oneonta. In the first half of the 19th century, Blount Springs was a popular vacation spot for wealthy southerners for its mineral springs . During the Civil War , General Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked Union forces under Colonel Abel D. Streight in May 1863 when they were about to cross the Locust Fork . In the 1880s, Blount County became a significant iron manufacturing facility, supporting the steel industry in neighboring Birmingham . In 1937 J. Breck Musgrove founded a nightclub and casino in Bangor Cave near Blount Springs. The establishment gained notoriety throughout the state until Governor Bibb Graves ordered its closure in January 1939.

The Easley Covered Bridge (2007) has been on the NRHP since August 1981.

Five structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 30, 2020, including three covered bridges such as the Easley Covered Bridge and the Robert G. Griffith Sr. House .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1820 3076 -
1830 6300 104.8%
1840 8284 31.5%
1850 9969 20.3%
1860 11,804 18.4%
1870 7469 -36.7%
1880 9487 27%
1890 13,824 45.7%
1900 23,119 67.2%
1910 21,456 -7.2%
1920 25,538 19%
1930 28,020 9.7%
1940 29,490 5.2%
1950 28,975 -1.7%
1960 25,449 -12.2%
1970 26,853 5.5%
1980 36,459 35.8%
1990 39,248 7.6%
2000 51,024 30%
2010 57,322 12.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Blount County's Pyramid of Age

According to the 2000 census , there were 51,024 people in Blount County. 610 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 19,265 households and 14,814 families. The population density was 31 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.08 percent white, 1.19 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 2.07 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.02 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.33 percent of the population.

Of the 19,265 households, 34.3 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 65.5 percent, 7.9 percent were single mothers, 23.1 percent were not families, 20.8 percent of all households were single households and 9.5 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.02.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 97.3 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,241 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,573. Males had a median income of $ 31,455 versus $ 22,459 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,325. 8.6 percent of families and 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

See also

Web links

Commons : Blount County, Alabama  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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: 161530. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Blount County at alabama.gov ( Memento from April 3, 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. 26.
    James P. Kaetz: Bangor Cave in Encyclopedia of Alabama, October 4, 2017, accessed May 17, 2020.
    Christopher Maloney: Oneonta in Encyclopedia of Alabama, October 30, 2019, accessed May 17, 2020.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Blount County in Encyclopedia of Alabama, September 7, 2018, accessed May 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ Easley Covered Bridge in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 30, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  8. ^ Population of Blount County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 31, 2012
  10. ↑ Blount County, Alabama - 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov.

Coordinates: 33 ° 58 ′  N , 86 ° 35 ′  W