Tallapoosa County

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Tallapoosa County Courthouse in Dadeville
Tallapoosa County Courthouse in Dadeville
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Dadeville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
125 N. Broadnax Street, Room 131
Dadeville, AL 36853-1300
Foundation : December 18, 1832
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 41,616  (2010)
Population density : 22.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1985 km²
Water surface : 125 km²
map
Map of Tallapoosa County within Alabama

The Tallapoosa County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Dadeville .

geography

The county is located in east central Alabama, about 70 km to the east from Georgia , and has an area of ​​1985 square kilometers, of which 125 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Randolph County , Chambers County , Lee County , Macon County , Elmore County , Coosa County, and Clay County .

history

Tallapoosa County was formed from Land of the Creek Indians on December 18, 1832. The name comes from the dialect of the Choctaw Indians.

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 14, 2020, including Horseshoe Bend National Military Park , Reuben Herzfeld House, and the Russell Family Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 6444 -
1850 15,584 141.8%
1860 23,827 52.9%
1870 16,936 -28.9%
1880 23,401 38.2%
1890 25,460 8.8%
1900 29,675 16.6%
1910 31,034 4.6%
1920 29,744 -4.2%
1930 31,188 4.9%
1940 35,270 13.1%
1950 35,074 -0.6%
1960 35.007 -0.2%
1970 33,840 -3.3%
1980 38,676 14.3%
1990 38,826 0.4%
2000 41,475 6.8%
2010 41,616 0.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Age pyramid of Tallapoosa County (as of 2000)
The Reuben Herzfeld House , listed in the NRHP

2000 census showed 41,475 people in Tallapoosa County. Of these, 859 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 16,656 households and 11,809 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 73.48 percent white, 25.36 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.58 percent of the population.

Of the 16,656 households, 29.9 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 53.0 percent, 14.3 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were not families, 26.5 percent of all households were single households and 11.6 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.94.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 90.5 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 86.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,745 , and the median income for a family is $ 38,148. Males had a median income of $ 28,557 versus $ 19,885 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,909. 13.5 percent of families and 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

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: 161587. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ Tallapoosa County ( April 3, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved February 12, 2011
  3. ↑ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Alabama . Retrieved February 12, 2011
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 14, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 14, 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. ^ Extract from census.gov.Retrieved March 31, 2012
  9. ^ Herzfeld, Reuben, House in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 14, 2020.
  10. ↑ Tallapoosa County, Alabama , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 32 ° 52 ′  N , 85 ° 48 ′  W