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Randolph County, Alabama
Randolph County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Wedowee
Year Organized: 1832
Square Miles: 581 |
Court House: P.O. Box 249
County Courthouse
Wedowee, AL 36278-0249
Phone: (256) 357-4933
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Named: The county is named for John Randolph, a former Virginia statesman. State & County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Randolph County, Alabama
Formed by an act of the Alabama General Assembly on 18 Dec. 1832, from former Creek Indian territory. It is located in the eastern-central part of the state, in the Piedmont plateau. It encompasses 585 square miles.
The county is named for John Randolph, a former Virginia statesman. The county seat was established in Wedowee in 1834-35. Other towns of note include Roanoke, Rock Mills and Wadley.
According to the census of 2000, there were 22,380 people, 8,642 households, and 6,222 families living in the county. The population density was 15/km˛ (38/mi˛). There were 10,285 housing units at an average density of 7/km˛ (18/mi˛). The racial makeup of the county was 76.38% White, 22.24% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 1.22% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 8,642 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.20% were married couples living together, 12.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.00 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $28,675, and the median income for a family was $34,684. Males had a median income of $27,069 versus $20,323 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,147. About 12.60% of families and 17.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.10% of those under age 18 and 14.80% of that age 65 or over.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Cleburne County
- Northeast: Carroll County, Ga.
- East: Heard County, Ga.
- Southeast: Troup County, Ga.
- South: Chambers County
- Southwest: Tallapoosa County
- West: Clay County
Cities:
- Almond
- Corinth
- Dickert
- Forester Chapel
- Goldville
- Graham
- Hawk
- Haywood
- Hightower
- Levelroad
- Malone
- Motley
- Napoleon
- Newell
- Roanoke
- Rock Mills
- Sikesville
- Wadley
- Wedowee (County Seat)
- Woodland
County Resources:
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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."
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