Butler County AlArchives History .....Butler County 1888
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I.
BUTLER COUNTY.

  Population: White 10,920, colored, 8,000. Area, 800 square miles. Woodland,
all. Oak and hickory uplands, 330 square miles. Pine uplands, 400 square miles.
Hill-prairie and lime-hills, 50 square miles.

  Acres In cotton (approximately), 35,900; in corn, 24,648; in oats. 7,494; in
sugar-cane, 338; in rice, 17; in sweet potatoes, 679.

  Approximate number of bales of cotton, 12,000.

  County Seat Greenville; population. 3,000; on Mobile & Montgomery Railroad.

  Newspapers published at County Seat Advocate (Democratic).

  Postoffices in the County—Bolling. Butler Springs, Dunham, Forest Home,
Garland, Georgiana, Glasgow, Greenville, Lamont, Manningham, Monterey, Oaky
Streak, Pigeon Creek, Pontus, Runville, Searey, Shell, Sim's Mill, Starlington,
Toluca, Urbanity.

  The county of Butler was established in 1819. It derived its name from one of
the earliest settlers, Captain William Butler.

  There is a great diversity of soil and a corresponding variety of productions
in the county. Its climate, health, location and resources give promise that it
will become one of the leading counties of this great timber section.

  In different sections of Butler County there are splendid forests of timber,
comprising the several varieties of oak, pine, ash, gum, cedar, poplar, hickory,
dogwood, maple, beech, and magnolia. Of the yellow, or long-leaf, pine there are
vast districts, and the timber is equal to that of any other section of this belt.

  In the northern or prairie region of Butler there are belts of cedar growth as
fine as can be obtained in the Union.

  Those desiring lands may secure them in utility localities at nominal figures.
The present market price extends from $1.50 to $10 per acre. There are in the
county 13,160 acres of public land subject to homestead entry. In addition to
this there are 7,000 acres of railroad land, which can be purchased at $1.25 per
acre.

  Pleasant and cheap homes are here afforded those desiring to settle. The
people are industrious, thrifty and quiet, and immigrants will be well received.


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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