Conecuh County AlArchives History .....Conecuh County 1888
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V.
CONECUH COUNTY.

  Population: White, 6,500: colored, 6.000. Area, 840 square miles. Woodland,
all. Lime-lands, 470 square miles; pine uplands and rolling pine lands, 370
square miles.

  Acres—In cotton (approximately), 16,500; in corn, 20,118; in oats, 3,173; in
rye, 32; in sugarcane, 267; in rice, 124; in sweet potatoes, — .

  Approximate number of bales of cotton, 5,000.

  County Seat—Evergreen; population, 1,200: on Mobile & Montgomery branch of
Louisville & Nashville Railroad.

  Newspaper published at County Seat—Conecuh Escambia Star, Democratic.

  Postoffices in the County—Almarant, Belleville, Bermuda, Betts, Bonnette,
Brooklyn, Castleberry, Cohasset, Commerce, Crete, Evergreen, Gravella, Herbert,
Hilaryton, Jayvilla, Mount Union, Olivia, Pryor, Range, Repton, Sepulga.

  Conecuh was established as a county in 1818. The name is derived from two
Indian terms, which, taken together, mean "Caneland," or "Land of Cane,"
supposed to have been suggested by the beautiful straight cane which grew along
the banks of its wide and clear streams when the Red Man held sway. The early
settlers describe the face of the country as having been one of surpassing
lovliness before the woodman's axe laid the forests low and the hands of
progressive art displayed the wigwam of the rude children of the woods. The land
was radiant with long, waving grass, interspersed with the wild oat and the
native peavine, in the midst of which grew the towering forms of monarch pines.
At any time could be seen herds of deer and flocks of wild turkeys roaming at
will over these lands of smiling beauty. The whites first occupied its soil in 1815

  The lands in the county may be had for prices ranging from $1.25 to $10 per
acre. They are coming more into demand. Even from the surrounding counties the
lands of Conecuh are being sought. There are public lands which may be entered
by settlers. Strangers seeking homes would be gladly received by the people of
this county. The county has 50,320 acres of public land.


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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