Pike County, Alabama

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Pike County Courthouse in Troy
Pike County Courthouse in Troy
administration
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
map
Map of Pike County within Alabama

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 .

In College Street Historic District (2008)

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
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

Pike County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
The Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in Pike County

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

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: 161581. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Pike County at alabama.gov . Retrieved February 12, 2011
  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. 242.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  8. ↑ 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 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  9. ↑ Pike County, Alabama , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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Coordinates: 31 ° 48 ′  N , 85 ° 56 ′  W