DeKalb County, Alabama

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DeKalb County Courthouse
DeKalb County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Fort Payne
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
111 Grand Avenue, SW Sutie 200
Fort Payne, AL 35967-1970
Foundation : January 9, 1836
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 71,109  (2010)
Population density : 35.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2017 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of DeKalb County within Alabama
Website : www.dekalbcountyal.us

The DeKalb County is a county in the US state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Fort Payne . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county in northeast Alabama, bordering Georgia to the east , is about 40 km from Tennessee to the north , and has an area of ​​2017 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Cherokee Counties , Etowah Counties , Marshall Counties , and Jackson Counties .

history

DeKalb County was formed on January 9, 1836 by resolution of the State Legislature from land of the Cherokee Indians, which they had ceded shortly before in the Treaty of New Echota . Many of them refused to leave their homes and were deported west on the path of tears in the years that followed . It was named after General John Baron DeKalb , a German-American general who served in the American War of Independence and was fatally wounded in the Battle of Camden . As it was for many other counties in northern Alabama against the secession of the southern states . During the civil war that followed, no significant fighting took place here, but the Union Army camped in the small village of Valley Head on the approach to the Battle of Chattanooga . Fort Payne became the sixth county seat in 1876 and remains so today. In April 2011 , 33 people died in a tornado outbreak that hit the American Southeast with unprecedented strength.

Winston Place has been listed in the NRHP since March 1987.

Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 1, 2020, including the Alabama Builders' Hardware Manufacturing Company , Fort Payne Boom Town Historic District, and Winston Place residence .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 5929 -
1850 8245 39.1%
1860 10,705 29.8%
1870 7126 -33.4%
1880 12,675 77.9%
1890 21,106 66.5%
1900 23,558 11.6%
1910 28,261 20%
1920 34,426 21.8%
1930 40.104 16.5%
1940 43,075 7.4%
1950 45,048 4.6%
1960 41,417 -8.1%
1970 41,981 1.4%
1980 53,658 27.8%
1990 54,651 1.9%
2000 64,452 17.9%
2010 71,109 10.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of the DeKalb County

According to the 2000 census , there were 64,452 people in DeKalb County. 864 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 25,113 households and 18,432 families. The population density was 32 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.55 percent white, 1.68 percent African American, 0.80 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.06 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.10 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.62 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.55 percent of the population.

Of the 25,113 households, 33.2 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 59.5 percent, 9.9 percent were single mothers, 26.6 percent were not families, 23.8 percent of all households were single households and 10.8 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 and 24, 29.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 92.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,137 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,801. Males had a median income of $ 28,878 versus $ 19,103 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,818. 11.7 percent of families and 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in DeKalb 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: 161550. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ DeKalb County at Alabama.gov ( Memento from March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ DeKalb County , Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 8, 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. 82.
  4. ^ Winston Place in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 8, 2020.
  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.
  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 Dekalb County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Extract from census.gov
  10. ^ Population of Dekalb County - Alabama

Web links

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

Coordinates: 34 ° 27 ′  N , 85 ° 48 ′  W