|
Alabama State...
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Alabama Counties
|
|
Click Image to Enlarge
Alabama Counties
Alabama currently has sixty-seven counties. The oldest county, Washington, was created on June
4, 1800, when what is now Alabama was then part of the Mississippi Territory. The newest county is Houston,
created on February 9, 1903.
In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36, with Indians still occupying land in northeast and far
western Alabama. By 1840, 49 counties had been created; 52 by 1850; 65 by 1870; and the present 67 counties by
1903. |
|
| |
|
|
Barbour County, Alabama
Barbour County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Clayton
Year Organized: 1832
Square Miles: 885 |
Court House: P.O. Box 398
Clayton, AL 36016-0398
|
Etymology - Origin of County Name
County was named for Virginia Governor James Barbour.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau
Quick Facts
History
Barbour County, Alabama
Barbour County was created on 18 Dec. 1832, from former Creek Indian territory and a portion of Pike County. Its boundaries were altered in 1866 and 1868. The county was named for Virginia Governor James Barbour.
Barbour County is located in the southeastern section of the state, bounded on the east by the Chattahoochee River and the State of Georgia. The county encompasses 884 square miles. The county seat was established in Louisville in 1833, and moved to Clayton in 1834. Today Barbour County contains two courthouses - one in Clayton and one in Eufaula.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Russell County; Stewart County, Ga.
- East: Quitman County, Ga.
- Southeast: Clay County, Ga.; Henry County
- Southwest: Dale County
- West: Pike County
- Northwest: Bullock County
Cities and Towns:
|
- Bakerhill |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Blue Springs |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Clayton
(County Seat) |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Clio |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Eufaula |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Louisville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Midway |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Enter County Resources and Information Here
|
|
Online High Schools
|
|
|
|
|
| |
County Resource Guide
|
|
|
The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
|
|
| |
|
