Crenshaw County

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Crenshaw County Courthouse
Crenshaw County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Luverne
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 227
Luverne, AL 36049-0227
Foundation : November 30, 1866
Made up from: Butler County
Coffee County
Covington County
Pike County
Lowndes County
Area code : +1 334
Demographics
Residents : 13,906  (2010)
Population density : 8.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1582 km²
Water surface : 3 km²
map
Map of Crenshaw County within Alabama

The Crenshaw County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Luverne .

geography

The county is located in southern Alabama, about 70 km from Florida's northern border and has an area of ​​1,582 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Montgomery County , Pike County , Coffee County , Covington County , Butler County, and Lowndes Counties .

history

Crenshaw County was formed on November 24, 1866 from parts of Butler , Coffee , Covington , Pike and Lowndes Counties . It was named after Judge Anderson Crenshaw, a well-known settler in what would later become the county. The first district capital became Rutledge in 1867, and Luverne in 1893.

Kirkpatrick House (2012)

Three structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 1, 2020, the Brantley Historic District , Kirkpatrick House, and the Luverne Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 11,156 -
1880 11,726 5.1%
1890 15,425 31.5%
1900 19,668 27.5%
1910 23,313 18.5%
1920 23,017 -1.3%
1930 23,656 2.8%
1940 23,631 -0.1%
1950 18,981 -19.7%
1960 14,909 -21.5%
1970 13,188 -11.5%
1980 14,110 7%
1990 13,635 -3.4%
2000 13,665 0.2%
2010 13,906 1.8%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Crenshaw County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Crenshaw County's population was 13,665. Of these, 160 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 5,577 households and 3,892 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.82 percent white, 24.79 percent African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.20 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.64 percent of the population.

Of the 5,577 households, 31.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 50.7 percent, 15.4 percent were single mothers, 30.2 percent were not families, 28.2 percent of all households were single households and 14.7 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24, 26.3 percent between 25 and 44, 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 83.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 26,054 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,724. Males had a median income of $ 27,286 versus $ 17,703 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,565. 18.6 percent of families and 22.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Crenshaw 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. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161546. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Crenshaw County at Alabama.gov ( March 13, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Crenshaw County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  7. ^ Population of Crenshaw County - Alabama
  8. ↑ Extract from census.gov
  9. ^ Population of Crenshaw County - Alabama

Web links

Commons : Crenshaw County, Alabama  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 31 ° 44 ′  N , 86 ° 19 ′  W