Baldwin County AlArchives History .....Baldwin County 1888
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BALDWIN COUNTY.

  Population: White, 5,000; colored, 3,000. Area, 1,620 square miles. Woodland,
all, except coast marshes. Rolling pine land, 900 square miles; pine fiats, 730
square miles.

  Acres-In cotton (approximately), 1,400; in corn, 2,000; in oats, 350; in rice,
121; in sugar-cane, 81; in sweet potatoes, 484.

  Approximate number of bales of cotton, 650.

  County Seat—Daphne; population, 150.

  Newspapers published at County Seat—None.

  Postoffices in the County—Battles, Bay Minette, Bromley. Carney, Daphne,
Dowty, Gasque, Herndon, Hurricane Bayou, Josephine, Kohler, Lamberta, Latham,
Lillian, Magnolia Springs, Montrose, Perdido Station, Point Clear, Ray,
Posinton, Stockton, Swift, Tensaw, Theresea.

  Baldwin County was created in 1809. It has the honor of being the largest
county in the State, embracing within its limits a larger scope of territory
than that embraced by the entire State of Rhode Island. Lands in Baldwin are
remarkably cheap. Where the timber has been removed they may be purchased at 25
to 50 cents per acre. Others may be had for $1 and $5 per acre.

  Many Government lands exist, and are subject to entry, there being 120,240 acres.

  Men of limited means, but of industrious habits, could not find a more
inviting region for settlement than Baldwin County.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
TIMBER BELT.


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