Cleburne County, Alabama

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The Cleburne County Courthouse has been on the NRHP since June 1976. [1]
The Cleburne County Courthouse has been on the NRHP since June 1976.
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Heflin
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
120 Vickery Street, Room 207
Heflin, AL 36264-1199
Foundation : December 6, 1866
Made up from: Calhoun County
Randolph County
Talladega County
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 14,972  (2010)
Population density : 10.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1453 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of Cleburne County within Alabama

Cleburne County is a county in the state of Alabama in the United States . The county seat is in Heflin .

geography

The county is located in northeast Alabama, borders Georgia to the east and has an area of ​​1,453 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties in Alabama: Randolph County , Clay County , Talladega County , Calhoun County, and Cherokee Counties .

history

Cleburne County was formed on December 6, 1866 from parts of Calhoun County, Randolph County and Talladega County. It was named after Patrick Ronayne Cleburne , a general in the Confederate Army who died at the Battle of Franklin . The first county capital was Edwardsville, and in 1906 it became Heflin after a county vote and a decision of the Supreme Court of Alabama .

Four structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 31, 2020, including the Cleburne County Courthouse , John Morgan House, and Shoal Creek Church .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 8017 -
1880 10,976 36.9%
1890 13,218 20.4%
1900 13.206 -0.1%
1910 13,385 1.4%
1920 13,360 -0.2%
1930 12,877 -3.6%
1940 13,629 5.8%
1950 11,904 -12.7%
1960 10,911 -8.3%
1970 10,996 0.8%
1980 12,595 14.5%
1990 12,730 1.1%
2000 14,123 10.9%
2010 14,972 6%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Cleburne County (as of 2000)
Alabama's state motto in stone

According to the 2000 census , the Cleburne County population was 14,123. 113 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 5,590 households and 4,125 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.74 percent white, 3.70 percent African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.34 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.77 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.40 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 5,590 households, 32.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 61.4 percent, 8.7 percent were single mothers, 26.2 percent were not families, 23.0 percent of all households were single households and 10.3 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.95 people.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 25.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 96.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,820 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,579. Males had a median income of $ 29,752 versus $ 18,840 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,762. 10.9 percent of families and 13.9 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. ^ Cleburne County Courthouse on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161540. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Cleburne County at alabama.gov ( Memento from April 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Cleburne County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 31, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 31, 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 Cleburne County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 31, 2012
  10. ^ Population of Cleburne County - Alabama

Web links

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

Coordinates: 33 ° 41 ′  N , 85 ° 30 ′  W