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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Hale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Confederate Colonel Stephen F. Hale. As of 2000 the population was 17,185. Its county seat is Greensboro.
Hale County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama's poverty-stricken "Black Belt," is connected to three major twentieth century artists: Walker Evans photographed the area in 1936 while he collaborated with James Agee on the 1941 book Now Let Us Praise Famous Men. Since the 1960s, artist William Christenberry, born in Tuscaloosa, has been photographing various structures in Hale County as part of his multi-media artistic investigations. More recently, Hale County has become the home of the nationally-recognized Auburn University Rural Studio, an architectural outreach program founded by architect and artist Samuel Mockbee and D. K. Ruth.
Hale County is the birthplace of Eugene Sawyer, the second African American mayor of Chicago.
History
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Hale County was established on January 30, 1867.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1865 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Probate 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 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1881 | Birth 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 | 21,792
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| 1880 | 26,553
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| 1890 | 27,501
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| 1900 | 31,011
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| 1910 | 27,883
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| 1920 | 24,289
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| 1930 | 26,265
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| 1940 | 25,533
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| 1950 | 20,832
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| 1960 | 19,537
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| 1970 | 15,888
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| 1980 | 15,604
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| 1990 | 15,498
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