Elmore County, Alabama

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Elmore County Courthouse
Elmore County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Wetumpka
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
100 Commerce Street, Room 207
Wetumpka, AL 36092-2746
Foundation : February 15, 1866
Made up from: Autauga County
Coosa County
Montgomery County
Tallapoosa County
Area code : 001 334
Demographics
Residents : 79,303  (2010)
Population density : 49.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1702 km²
Water surface : 93 km²
map
Map of Elmore County within Alabama
Website : www.elmoreco.org

The Elmore County is a county in the US state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Wetumpka .

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Alabama and has an area of ​​1,702 square kilometers, of which 93 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Tallapoosa County , Macon County , Montgomery County , Autauga County , Chilton County, and Coosa Counties .

history

The county is in the former settlement area of ​​the Muskogee . So wear Tallassee and Wetumpka the names of the original villages of the Indians. One of the main cities of the Creek, Tuckabatchee, was near Wetumpka. An expedition sent by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , governor of the French colony Louisiana , to explore the Alabama River , built Fort Toulouse here in 1717 . In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, settlers immigrated from both the Carolinas and Georgia , adding to tension with the Creek. In the British-American War they fought under the leadership of Tecumseh on the side of the United Kingdom. Fort Tolouse was finally from the United States Army occupied and in honor of General Andrew Jackson in Fort Jackson renamed. In August 1814, the Creek ceded land to the United States in the Treaty of Fort Jackson . In 1819, the county-owned William Wyatt Bibb became the first governor of Alabama . During the Civil War , a carbine factory relocated from Richmond to Tallassee remained the only Confederate arms production site that was not destroyed. Elmore County was formed on February 15, 1866 by resolution of the state legislature from parts of Autauga , Coosa and Montgomery Counties . It was named after General John Archer Elmore (1762-1834), who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later was a member of the state legislature of South Carolina and Alabama. He had moved to the area in 1819 and co-founded the village of Elmore .

Fort Toulouse (2007) has been a National Historic Landmark since October 1960.

13 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of April 1, 2020), with Fort Toulouse having the status of a National Historic Landmark .

Others

In Wetumpka is the William Bartram Arboretum , an arboretum , which by the Alabama Historical Commission is managed.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 14,477 -
1880 17,502 20.9%
1890 21,732 24.2%
1900 26,099 20.1%
1910 28,245 8.2%
1920 28,085 -0.6%
1930 34,280 22.1%
1940 34,546 0.8%
1950 31,649 -8.4%
1960 30,524 -3.6%
1970 33,535 9.9%
1980 43,390 29.4%
1990 49.210 13.4%
2000 65,874 33.9%
2010 79,303 20.4%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Elmore County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Elmore County Museum, former Post Office

Elmore County's population was 65,874 as of the 2000 census . Of these, 5,341 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 22,737 households and 17,552 families. The population density was 41 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 77.02 percent white, 20.64 percent African American, 0.43 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.48 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.04 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.22 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 22,737 households, 37.4 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 61.4 percent, 12.0 percent were single mothers, 22.8 percent were not families, 20.0 percent of all households were single households and 7.7 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.07.

25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24, 32.1 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 102.5 males and for females age 18 and over there were 101.3 males.

The median income for a household in the 41,243 USD , and the median income for a family 47,155 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,643 versus $ 24,062 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,650. 7.4 percent of families and 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Elmore 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: 161551. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Elmore County at Alabama.gov ( Memento of March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Elmore in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 9, 2020.
    Elmore County in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 9, 2020.
    Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson National Historic Park in the Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed May 9, 2020 .
    Charles curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: 1950-2010 Origins of County Names, dates of Creation, Area, and population Data, The American counties . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 95.
  4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alabama. National Park Service , accessed May 10, 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.
    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 Elmore County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Extract from census.gov
  10. ^ Population of Elmore County - Alabama

Web links

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

Coordinates: 32 ° 36 ′  N , 86 ° 9 ′  W