Colbert County

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The Colbert County Courthouse is Contributing Property of the Colbert County Courthouse Square Historic District, which has been registered in the NRHP since May 1973. [1]
The Colbert County Courthouse is a Contributing Property of the Colbert County Courthouse Square Historic District , which has been on the NRHP since May 1973.
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Tuscumbia
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
201 N. Main Street
Tuscumbia, AL 35674-2042
Foundation : February 6, 1867
Made up from: Franklin County
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 54,428  (2010)
Population density : 35.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1615 km²
Water surface : 75 km²
map
Map of Colbert County within Alabama
Website : www.colbertcounty.org

The Colbert County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is in Tuscumbia .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme northwest of Alabama, borders Mississippi to the west , is about 25 miles from Tennessee to the north and has an area of ​​1,615 square kilometers, of which 75 square kilometers are water. In Alabama, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Lauderdale County , Lawrence County, and Franklin Counties .

history

The first settlement goes back to the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians and to the first French traders around 1715. The first settlers came across the Tennessee River . In 1790, George Colbert built the first ferry on the Tennessee River. The first settlement was founded in 1810 and in 1818 had a sawmill, three houses and two trading posts. Later the city of Tuscumbia emerged from it. The first rail link came in 1830. Colbert County was formed on February 6, 1867 from parts of Franklin County and dissolved again in the same year. Two years later the county was revived. It was named after the brothers George (1744-1839) and Levi Colbert (1759-1834), two chiefs of the Chickasaw Indians. The names in the language of their people were Tootemastubie and Itawamba Mingo .

Ivy Green (2009)

30 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 1, 2020, with the Wilson (Alabama) Dam , Barton Hall and Ivy Green the status of a National Historic Landmark .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 12,537 -
1880 16,153 28.8%
1890 20,189 25%
1900 22,341 10.7%
1910 24,802 11%
1920 31,997 29%
1930 29,860 -6.7%
1940 34.093 14.2%
1950 39,561 16%
1960 46.506 17.6%
1970 49,632 6.7%
1980 54,519 9.8%
1990 51,666 -5.2%
2000 54,984 6.4%
2010 54,428 -1 %
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Colbert County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Barton Hall ( Historic American Buildings Survey , 1935)

As of the 2000 census , Colbert County's population was 54,984. 592 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 22,461 households and 16,037 families. The population density was 36 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.52 percent white, 16.62 percent African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.34 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.89 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.12 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 22,461 households, 30.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 56.0 percent, 12.1 percent were single mothers, 28.6 percent were non-families, 26.1 percent of all households were single households and 11.5 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.92 people.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.1 percent between 18 and 24, 27.8 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 88.1 males.

The median income for a household in the 31,954 USD , and the median income for a family 39,294 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,112 versus $ 20,107 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,533. 11.1 percent of families and 14.0 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. ^ Colbert County Courthouse Square Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161542. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Colbert County at Alabama.gov ( April 3, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Colbert County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 3, 2020.
    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. 65.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 2020.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alabama. National Park Service , accessed April 1, 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 Colbert County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 31, 2012
  10. ^ Population of Colbert County - Alabama

Web links

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

Coordinates: 34 ° 41 ′  N , 87 ° 49 ′  W