Place:Cleburne, Alabama, United States

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NameCleburne
Alt namesCleburnesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates33.667°N 85.517°W
Located inAlabama, United States     (1866 - )
See alsoCalhoun, Alabama, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Randolph, Alabama, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Talladega, Alabama, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abel
Abernathy
Ai
Arbacoochee
Beason Mill
Bell Mills
Belltown
Bethel
Borden Springs
Borden Wheeler Springs
Chulafinnee
Cleburne
Coldwater
Edwardsville
Five Points
Fruithurst
Grantley
Heflin
Hightower
Hollis Crossroads
Hopewell
Lebanon
Lecta
Liberty Hill
Macedonia
Mars Hill
Micaville
Mount Pleasant
Muscadine
Oak Level
Palestine
Piney Woods
Plainview
Ranburne
Trickem
Union Hill
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Cleburne County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,056. Its county seat is Heflin. Its name is in honor of Patrick R. Cleburne of Arkansas who rose to the rank of major general in the Confederate States Army. The eastern side of the county borders the state of Georgia.

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History

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Cleburne County was established on December 6, 1866, by an act of the state legislature. The county was made from territory in Benton (now Calhoun), Randolph, and Talladega counties. In 1867, Edwardsville was made the county seat. An election was held in 1905 to move the county seat to Heflin. The result of that election, which agreed to move the seat, was appealed to the Supreme Court, who decided on July 1, 1906, to uphold the election results. Heflin is still the county seat. Heflin was at one point thought of as a hub for nearby farmers to send their cotton. Shortly after the Civil War, a group of northern investors created the town of Fruithurst in Cleburne County as part of a wine-growing project. Fruithurst became a boomtown shortly thereafter.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1866 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1876 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1876 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
1870 8,017
1880 10,976
1890 13,218
1900 13,206
1910 13,385
1920 13,360
1930 12,877
1940 13,629
1950 11,904
1960 10,911
1970 10,996
1980 12,595
1990 12,730
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Cleburne County, Alabama, United States

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