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BLOUNT COUNTY.

    Population: White, 14,210; colored, 1,159. Area, 700 square miles. Woodland,
all. Coal measures, 460 square miles; valley lands, 240 square miles; Brown's
and Mnrphree's Valley, 240 square miles.

    Acres in cotton, approximately, 12,500; in corn, 29,161; in oats, 4,551; in
wheat, 10,087; in tobacco, 48; in sweet potatoes, 371. Approximate number of
bales of cotton, 5,000.

    County Seat—Blountsville; population, 300; located fifty miles south of
Huntsville and forty-eight miles north of Birmingham.

    Newspapers published at County Seat—Blount County News, democratic.

    Postoffices in the County—Anderton, Arkadelphia, Balm, Bangor, Blount
Springs, Blountsville, Brooksville, Chepultepec, Craige, Dineston, Garden City,
Garrison Point, Gum Springs, Hanbys Mills, Hanceville, Hendrick, Huldah,
Liberty, Little Warrior, Lowery, McLarty, Murphree's Valley, Nectar, Ogee,
Remlap, Snead, Strawberry, Summit, Village Springs, Viola, Wynnville.

    This county was formed in 1818, and named in honor of Governor William G.
Blount, of Tennessee. It is noted for the abundance of its minerals, the
diversity of its soils, the variety of productions, and mineral waters. In its
progress, it is keeping pace with the surrounding counties, and is ranked among
the best in the State.

    The face of the country in Blount is rather peculiar. It is penetrated
through the center by a plateau which occupies a belt from eight to ten miles in
width. On one side of this mountain plateau, running parallel with it, is
Murphree's Valley, while on the opposite side is Brown's Valley. Along this belt
of plateau are found excellent farming lands, which have been wonderfully
assisted during the last few years by the moderate use of fertilizers. Cotton
grows most readily upon this broad upland, especially if a little assisted with
fertilizers.

    Excellent school and church facilities exist in almost every portion of the
county. Blountsville, the seat of justice, Bangor, Summit, Hanceville, and
Garden City are places of importance. The industries of the county are varied.
Extensive limeworks are seen at Blount Springs. Limestone, dug from the quarries
here, is daily shipped in large quantities to Birmingham, where the
manufacturers hold it in repute above any other available limestone. It prevails
in inexhaustible stores, in hills about Blount Springs. Coal and iron are
abundant in the county. Petroleum is also found. Enjoying, as it does,
facilities for transportation to the markets of the South, North, and all points
in the far Northwest, nothing prevents Blount from taking rank with the foremost
counties of the State.

    Here, as in the adjoining counties which lie along the railroad, the value
of the lands diminishes as they recede from the line of communication. Land can
be purchased in the county at prices ranging from $5 to $35 per acre. There are
34,330 acres of government land in Blount 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.
MINERAL BELT.

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