Pike County, Alabama
Pike County Courthouse in Troy |
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US state : | Alabama |
Administrative headquarters : | Troy |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse P.O. Box 1147 Troy, AL 36081-1147 |
Foundation : | December 17, 1821 |
Area code : | 001 334 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 32,899 (2010) |
Population density : | 18.9 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1741 km² |
Water surface : | 3 km² |
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The Pike County is a county in the US state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Troy .
geography
The county is located in southeastern Alabama, about 100 km to the east from Georgia , about 110 km to the south from Florida's northern border, and has an area of 1,741 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Bullock County , Barbour County , Dale County , Coffee County , Crenshaw County, and Montgomery Counties .
history
Pike County was formed on December 17, 1821. The first district capital was Louisville, later Monticello and finally Troy in 1839. The first public school, Troy Normal School , was founded in 1887. The county was named after the general and explorer Zebulon Pike . Pike joined the army in 1794 and rose to the rank of brigadier general . He went on voyages of discovery on the Upper Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers . He was killed in the British-American War in 1813 in the attack on York .
Two structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 7, 2020, College Street Historic District and Troy High School .
Others
At Troy University in the city of Troy is the Troy University Arboretum , an arboretum with an area of 16,186 m².
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1830 | 7108 | - | |
1840 | 10,108 | 42.2% | |
1850 | 15,920 | 57.5% | |
1860 | 24,435 | 53.5% | |
1870 | 17,423 | -28.7% | |
1880 | 20,640 | 18.5% | |
1890 | 24,423 | 18.3% | |
1900 | 29,172 | 19.4% | |
1910 | 30,815 | 5.6% | |
1920 | 31,631 | 2.6% | |
1930 | 32,240 | 1.9% | |
1940 | 32,493 | 0.8% | |
1950 | 30,608 | -5.8% | |
1960 | 25,987 | -15.1% | |
1970 | 25,038 | -3.7% | |
1980 | 28,050 | 12% | |
1990 | 27,595 | -1.6% | |
2000 | 29,605 | 7.3% | |
2010 | 32,899 | 11.1% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 2010 |
According to the 2000 census , Pike County's population was 29,605. Of these, 1,198 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 11,933 households and 7,649 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 60.77 percent white, 36.60 percent African American, 0.66 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.35 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.23 percent of the population.
Of the 11,933 households, 29.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 43.6 percent, 16.8 percent were single mothers, 35.9 percent were not families, 29.8 percent of all households were single households and 11.0 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98 people.
24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 15.8 percent between 18 and 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 84.9 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,551 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,132 . Males had a median income of $ 27,094 versus $ 18,758 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,904. 18.5 percent of families and 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Pike County
- Ansley
- Antioch
- Baltic
- Banks
- Briar Hill
- Brundidge
- Buckhorn
- Catalpa
- China Grove
- Corcoran
- curry
- Thin
- Enone
- Goshen
- Hamilton Crossroads
- Henderson
- Hephzibah
- Jonesville
- Josie
- Kent
- Linwood
- Little Oak
- Logton
- McClure Town
- Meeksville
- Monticello
- Mossy Grove
- Needmore
- Olustee
- Orion
- Pleasant Ridge
- Pronto
- Richland
- Saco
- Sanders Hill
- Sandfield
- Shady Grove
- Shell horn
- Shiloh
- Spring Hill
- Stills Crossroads
- Tarentum
- Tennille
- Thomas Crossroad
- Troy
- Wingard
- Youngblood
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
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 161581. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Pike County at alabama.gov . Retrieved February 12, 2011
- ↑ 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. 242.
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 7, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 7, 2020. - ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( memento of the original from July 16, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012
- ↑ Pike County, Alabama , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Web links
- Official website of the Troy University Arboretum
- Official website of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Coordinates: 31 ° 48 ′ N , 85 ° 56 ′ W