Calhoun County, Alabama

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The Calhoun County Courthouse has been on the NRHP since October 1985. [1]
The Calhoun County Courthouse has been on the NRHP since October 1985.
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Anniston
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Calhoun County Clerk
1702 Noble Street
P.O. Box 610
Anniston, AL 36201
Foundation : December 18, 1832
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 118,572  (2010)
Population density : 75.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1586 km²
Water surface : 10 km²
map
Map of Calhoun County within Alabama
Website : www.calhouncounty.org

The Calhoun County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is in Anniston .

geography

The county is located in northeast Alabama, about 25 miles east of Georgia , and has an area of ​​1,586 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Cherokee County , Cleburne County , Talladega County , St. Clair County, and Etowah Counties .

history

Originally the area was home to the Muskogee and Cherokee . The county was one of the first theaters in the Creek War of 1813-14 when General John R. Coffee took Tallasseehatchee here. The battle ended in a massacre in which United States Army soldiers killed 187 creeks, including women and children. Calhoun County was formed on December 18, 1832 by resolution of the State Legislature from parts of the land ceded by the Muskogee in the Treaty of Cusseta as Benton County , named after Thomas Hart Benton , who was one of the strongest supporters of the western expansion of the United States . When Benton became an abolitionist in the 1850s , supporters of slavery in Alabama initiated the renaming of the county. On January 29, 1856, it was given its current name in honor of John C. Calhoun . A native of South Carolina, Calhoun was the seventh Vice President of the United States and has served as both Secretary of War and Secretary of State under various presidents throughout his political career . He was considered the political leader of the slavery advocates. The first county seat was in Jacksonville. It has been Anniston since 1899.

During the Civil War , General John Tyler Morgan raised the county from the 51st Cavalry Regiment. Major John Pelham, known nationally as the "knightly Pelham", was from here. In 1872 former Northern General Daniel Tyler and Englishman Samuel Noble founded an iron factory. The town around the production facility was only called "Annie's Town" after Tyler's daughter-in-law, which over time became Anniston. In the 1880s it was the fastest growing city in Alabama and was considered a model for the "New South", ie the industrialization of the southern states. Until the 1920s, several textile factories were added to iron production. At that time Anniston was the world's largest manufacturer of cast iron pipes. On May 14, 1961, the county came into focus when members of the Ku Klux Klan attacked a Freedom Riders bus and set it on fire. Still, during the civil rights movement , the Anniston Star earned a reputation for being one of the few liberal-minded newspapers in Alabama. On April 27, 2011, a historic tornado outbreak struck the American Southeast, killing nine in Calhoun County.

The Dr. JC Francis Office (2014) has been registered in the NRHP since November 1970.

60 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 30, 2020, including the Downtown Anniston Historic District , the Dr. JC Francis Office and Ten Oaks .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 14,260 -
1850 17.163 20.4%
1860 21,539 25.5%
1870 13,980 -35.1%
1880 19,591 40.1%
1890 26,310 34.3%
1900 34,874 32.6%
1910 39,115 12.2%
1920 47,822 22.3%
1930 55,611 16.3%
1940 63,319 13.9%
1950 79,539 25.6%
1960 95,878 20.5%
1970 103.092 7.5%
1980 119,761 16.2%
1990 116.034 -3.1%
2000 112,249 -3.3%
2010 118,572 5.6%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Calhoun County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The world's largest chair in Anniston

As of the 2000 census , Calhoun County's population was 112,249. Of these, 2,428 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 45,307 households and 31,307 families. The population density was 71 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 78.88 percent white, 18.54 percent African American, 0.40 percent Native American, 0.56 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.59 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.96 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.56 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 45,307 households, 29.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 52.2 percent, 13.4 percent were single mothers, 30.9 percent were not families, 26.9 percent of all households were single households and 10.7 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.94.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 10.4 percent between 18 and 24, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 88.1 males.

The median income for a household in the 31,768 USD , and the median income for a family 39,908 USD. Males had a median income of $ 30,847 versus $ 21,076 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,367. 12.4 percent of families and 16.1 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. ↑ Calhoun County Courthouse on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161533. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Calhoun County at alabama.gov ( Memento of April 3, 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 , pp. 39f.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Calhoun County. Encyclopedia of Alabama, July 23, 2019, accessed May 20, 2020.
    Gary Sprayberry: Anniston. Encyclopedia of Alabama, May 17, 2018, accessed May 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Rob Dixon: New South Era. Encyclopedia of Alabama, Nov. 21, 2016, accessed May 20, 2020.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Calhoun County. Encyclopedia of Alabama, July 23, 2019, accessed May 20, 2020.
    Gary Sprayberry: Anniston. Encyclopedia of Alabama, May 17, 2018, accessed May 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Dr. JC Francis Office on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  9. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  10. ^ Population of Calhoun County - Alabama
  11. ↑ Extract from census.gov ( Memento from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed March 31, 2012
  12. ^ Population of Calhoun County - Alabama

Web links

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

Coordinates: 33 ° 46 ′  N , 85 ° 49 ′  W