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| Name | Chilton |
| Alt names | Baker | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Baker County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1029524 | | Chilton | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 32.867°N 86.683°W |
| Located in | Alabama, United States (1868 - ) |
| See also | Autauga, Alabama, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Bibb, Alabama, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Perry, Alabama, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Shelby, Alabama, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Chilton County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810–1871), a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and later represented Montgomery County in the Congress of the Confederate States of America. On February 4, 1861, Chilton gaveled the Confederacy into existence, as acting leader of the Provisional Congress. In 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned a new vessel, the USS Chilton, in honor of Chilton County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,643. The county seat is Clanton and it is a prohibition, or dry county.
The center of population of Alabama is located in Chilton County, outside of the town of Jemison, an area known as Jemison Division.
The county is known for its peaches and its unique landscape. It is home to swamps, prairies and mountains due to the foothills of the Appalachians which end in the county, the Coosa River basin, and its proximity to the Black Belt Prairie.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Baker County was established on December 30, 1868, named for Alfred Baker, with its county seat at Grantville. Residents of the county petitioned the Alabama legislature for the renaming of their county, it was not something forced upon them. On December 17, 1874, the petitioners accepted the suggestion of Chilton County, even though the Chief Justice had not lived within its boundaries. It is not known when the county seat was moved.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1908 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1868 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1868 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1870 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1870 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1887 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1870 | 6,194
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| 1880 | 10,793
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| 1890 | 14,549
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| 1900 | 16,522
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| 1910 | 23,187
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| 1920 | 22,770
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| 1930 | 24,579
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| 1940 | 27,955
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| 1950 | 26,922
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| 1960 | 25,693
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| 1970 | 25,180
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| 1980 | 30,612
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| 1990 | 32,458
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