- Name
- Lowndes
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- Alternate names
- Lowndes (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 32.15°N 86.633°W
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- Located in
- Alabama, United States (1830 - )
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- See also
- Butler, Alabama, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Crenshaw, Alabama, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Dallas, Alabama, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Henry, Alabama, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Montgomery, Alabama, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Wilcox, Alabama, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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- Inhabited place
- Beechwood
- Benton
- Braggs
- Burkville
- Calhoun
- Clover Hill
- Collirene
- Davenport
- Edsons
- Ellis Crossroads
- Farmersville
- Flatwoods
- Fort Deposit
- Fostoria
- Gordonsville
- Gordonville
- Hayneville
- Hicks Hill
- Letohatchee
- Logan
- Lowndesboro
- Lum
- Macedonia
- Manack
- Mosses
- Mount Willing
- Palmyra
- Petronia
- Robinsons
- Saint Clair
- Sandy Ridge
- Steep Creek
- Trickem
- Tyson
- White Hall
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lowndes County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Congress from South Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 13,473. Its county seat is Hayneville.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lowndes County, Alabama was established on January 20, 1830.
The county is the site of a rare criminal case. In 1928, Two individuals, Lousie Butler and George Yelder, were convicted of murdering a person who was later found alive.
The county was referred to as "Bloody Lowndes," the rusty buckle of Alabama's black belt. In 1965, A full century after the War Between the States, things hadn't changed much: 86 white families owned 90 percent of the land in the county and controlled the government. Not a single black was registered to vote.
The success of the Selma to Montgomery marches, though, encouraged civil rights leaders to believe they could fight racism even in Bloody Lowndes. "The Lowndes County Freedom Organization" revisits this place where a new political party helped blacks stand up to murder and intimidation.
A young, dynamic leader named Stokely Carmichael and the organization he represented, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), launched an intensive effort to register blacks to vote in Lowndes County.
SNCC's plan was simple: get enough people to vote so blacks might control the local government. Carmichael and others organized registration drives, demonstrations and classes. They formed a political party and entered candidates in the races.
But it wasn't enough. The black candidates were defeated.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1830 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1830 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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| 1830 | 9,410
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| 1840 | 19,539
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| 1850 | 21,915
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| 1860 | 27,716
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| 1870 | 25,719
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| 1880 | 31,176
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| 1890 | 31,550
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| 1900 | 35,651
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| 1910 | 31,894
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| 1920 | 25,406
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| 1930 | 22,878
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| 1940 | 22,661
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| 1950 | 18,018
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| 1960 | 15,417
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| 1970 | 12,897
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| 1980 | 13,253
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| 1990 | 12,658
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