Butler County, Alabama

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Butler County Courthouse
Butler County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Greenville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Butler County Clerk
700 Court Square
P.O. Box 756
Greenville, AL 36037
Foundation : December 13, 1819
Made up from: Conecuh County
Montgomery County
Demographics
Residents : 20,947  (2010)
Population density : 10.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2015 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Butler County within Alabama

The Butler County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Greenville , which was called Buttsville when it was founded.

geography

The county in southern Alabama is about 70 km from Florida and has an area of ​​2015 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Lowndes County , Crenshaw County , Covington County , Conecuh County , Monroe County, and Wilcox Counties .

history

The first white settlers came to the region west of the Coosa River after the United States' victory in the Creek War of 1813/14 and the retreat of the Indians in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in August 1814 . They were from Georgia and the two Carolinas. In March 1818, the Creek killed two settler families in the Ogly massacre. In response, the settler Thomas Gary built a fort and charged everyone who sought refuge. They turned indignant to Governor William Wyatt Bibb for assistance. Bibb dispatched Colonel Samuel Dale to the region, who built Fort Dale there with militiamen and settlers. Butler County was formed on December 13, 1819 by resolution of the state legislature from parts of Conecuh Counties and Montgomery Counties. It was named after William Butler (? –1813), a member of the Georgia State Legislature who was an early settler in what is now the county's area and a veteran of the Creek War. He was killed in March 1818 a few days after the Ogly massacre of Muskogee, under the leadership of Savannah Jack, west of Greenville . In the first half of the 19th century, the county was known as the " Saratoga of South Alabama" because of the mineral springs in Butler Springs .

The East Commerce Street Historic District has been on the NRHP since November 1986.

31 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 30, 2020, including the Greenville Public School Complex , Greenville City Hall, and the East Commerce Street Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1820 1405 -
1830 5650 302.1%
1840 8685 53.7%
1850 10,836 24.8%
1860 18,122 67.2%
1870 14,981 -17.3%
1880 19,649 31.2%
1890 21,641 10.1%
1900 25,761 19%
1910 29,030 12.7%
1920 29,531 1.7%
1930 30.195 2.2%
1940 32,447 7.5%
1950 29,228 -9.9%
1960 24,560 -16%
1970 22.007 -10.4%
1980 21,680 -1.5%
1990 21,892 1 %
2000 21,399 -2.3%
2010 20,947 -2.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Butler County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Butler County's population was 21,399 as of the 2000 census . Of these, 265 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 8,398 households and 5,870 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 58.38 percent white, 40.81 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.16 percent Asian and 0.05 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.39 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.67 percent of the population.

Of the 8,398 households, 32.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 47.7 percent, 18.2 percent were single mothers, 30.1 percent were not families, 27.5 percent of all households were single households and 13.5 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.06.

26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.6 percent between 18 and 24, 25.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 88 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 82.9 males.

The median income for a household in the 24,791 USD , and the median income for a family 30,915 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,968 versus $ 18,644 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,715. 20.4 percent of families and 24.6 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 .
  • Cheryl Bauer, Randy McNutt: Butler County, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston SC 2006, ISBN 0-7385-4100-1 , ( Postcard History Series ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161532. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Butler County at alabama.gov ( Memento from 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. 37.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Butler County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, November 11, 2016, accessed May 17, 2020.
  4. ^ East Commerce Street Historic District on 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 Butler County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 31, 2012
  10. ^ Population of Butler County - Alabama

Web links

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

Coordinates: 31 ° 45 ′  N , 86 ° 41 ′  W