Henry County, Alabama

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Henry County Courthouse
Henry County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Abbeville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
101 Court Square, Suite A
Abbeville, AL 36310-2135
Foundation : December 13, 1819
Area code : 001 334
Demographics
Residents : 17,302  (2010)
Population density : 11.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1472 km²
Water surface : 17 km²
map
Map of Henry County within Alabama

The Henry County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is in Abbeville .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southeast of Alabama; to the east it borders Georgia and has an area of ​​1472 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water. In Alabama, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Houston County , Dale County, and Barbour Counties .

history

The county was formed as the original county on December 13, 1819, and several counties emerged from it. It was named after Patrick Henry , who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and who spoke the famous words before the provisional congress of the Colony of Virginia against the backdrop of the American Revolution : "Give me liberty or give me death." ("Give me freedom or death"). He later served as the governor of Virginia and a member of the Philadelphia Convention .

Kennedy House (2012)

Three structures in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 2, 2020, the Kennedy House , the Oates House and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1820 2638 -
1830 4020 52.4%
1840 5787 44%
1850 9019 55.8%
1860 14,918 65.4%
1870 14,191 -4.9%
1880 18,761 32.2%
1890 24,847 32.4%
1900 36,147 45.5%
1910 20,943 -42.1%
1920 21,547 2.9%
1930 22,820 5.9%
1940 21,912 -4%
1950 18,674 -14.8%
1960 15,286 -18.1%
1970 13,254 -13.3%
1980 15.302 15.5%
1990 15,374 0.5%
2000 16,310 6.1%
2010 17.302 6.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Henry County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Spirit of the American Doughboy statue after EM Viquesney in memory of the First World War

Henry County's population was 16,310 as of the 2000 census . 179 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 6,525 households and 4,730 families. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 65.67 percent white, 32.30 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 1.00 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.53 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,525 households, 30.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 53.9 percent, 14.7 percent were single mothers, 27.5 percent were not families, 25.3 percent of all households were single households and 12.3 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.95.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24, 25.7 percent between 25 and 44, 25.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the 30,353 USD , and the median income for a family 36,555 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,189 versus $ 20,827 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,681. 14.5 percent of families and 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Henry 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: 161559. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Henry County at alabama.gov ( Memento of 13 March 2014 Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ 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. 135.
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 2, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 2, 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 Henry County - Alabama
  8. ↑ Extract from census.gov
  9. ^ Henry County, Alabama , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 31 ° 31 ′  N , 85 ° 14 ′  W