Bullock County

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Bullock County Courthouse in the Bullock County Courthouse Historic District. This Historic District has been listed in the NRHP since October 1976. [1]
Bullock County Courthouse in the Bullock County Courthouse Historic District . This Historic District has been listed in the NRHP since October 1976.
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Union Springs
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Bullock County Clerk
P.O. Box 71
Union Springs, AL 36089
Foundation : December 5, 1866
Made up from: Barbour County
Macon County
Montgomery County
Pike County
Area code : 001 334
Demographics
Residents : 10,914  (2010)
Population density : 6.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1621 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Bullock County within Alabama
Website : www.unionspringsalabama.com

The Bullock County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . According to the 2010 census, the population was 10,914. The county seat is Union Springs .

geography

The county is located in southeast Alabama, about 50 km to the east from Georgia , about 90 km to the south from the US state of Florida and has an area of ​​1,621 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Macon Counties , Russell Counties , Barbour Counties , Pike Counties , and Montgomery Counties .

history

The area, like most of southeastern Alabama, was originally the home of the Muskogee . After the defeat in the Creek War , they had to cede land to the United States in the Treaty of Fort Jackson of August 1814. White settlers flocked to the county after Alabama joined the American Union as a state in 1819 and the Creek was deported from its settlement areas on the Path of Tears in the 1830s . Thanks to the fertile soil, the area was particularly suitable for growing cotton , making the region one of the most prosperous in Alabamas. Before the Civil War, 70% of the population were slaves because of the strong plantation economy . Due to the emancipation of the Afro-Americans and the reconstruction , agricultural production fell sharply. Add to this the ravages caused by the cotton boll beetle , so that Bullock County lost much of its prosperity. Bullock County was formed on December 5, 1866 by resolution of the state legislature from parts of Barbour , Macon , Montgomery and Pike Counties . It was named after Edward C. Bullock (1825–1861), a Colonel in the Confederate Army and a member of the Alabama Senate . He died of typhus in Mobile in 1861 . In the early 20th century, some cotton mills sprang up in Union Springs, and in the 1920s some high-yielding cotton fields were converted into pointing dogs , the largest of which was run by the Maytags family of entrepreneurs .

The Sardis Baptist Church (2011) has been listed in the NRHP since November 2001.

Four structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 30, 2020, including the Bullock County Courthouse Historic District , Merritt School, and Sardis Baptist Church .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 24,474 -
1880 29,066 18.8%
1890 27,036 -7%
1900 31,944 18.2%
1910 30.196 -5.5%
1920 25,333 -16.1%
1930 20,016 -21%
1940 19,810 -1 %
1950 16,054 -19%
1960 13,462 -16.1%
1970 11,824 -12.2%
1980 10,596 -10.4%
1990 11,042 4.2%
2000 11,714 6.1%
2010 10,914 -6.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Bullock County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Bullock County had 11,714 people in 3,986 households and 2,730 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 25.25 percent white, 73.11 percent African American, 0.38 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.37 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.75 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,986 households, 33.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 35.5 percent, 28.2 percent were single mothers, 31.5 percent were not families, 28.9 percent of all households were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.13.

26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.3 percent between 18 and 24, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 110.2 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 113.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 20,605 , and the median  income for a family is $ 23,990. Males had a median income of $ 22,560 versus $ 19,069 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,163. 29.8 percent of families and 33.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

See also

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. ^ Bullock County Courthouse Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161531. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Bullock County at alabama.gov ( Memento from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ 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. 35.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Bullock County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, November 11, 2016, accessed May 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Sardis Baptist Church in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  8. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  9. ^ Population of Bullock County - Alabama
  10. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 31, 2012
  11. ↑ Bullock County, Alabama - 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 32 ° 6 ′  N , 85 ° 43 ′  W