Crenshaw County AlArchives History .....Crenshaw County 1888
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VI.
CRENSHAW COUNTY.

  Population: White. 9,500; colored, 2,000. Area, 660 square miles. Woodland,
all. Long-leaf pine upland, 435 square miles; oak and hickory uplands, 125
square miles: hill, prairie and lime lands, 100 square miles.

  Acres—In cotton (approximately), 27,000; in corn, 28,099; in oats, 5,208; in
tobacco, 33; in rice, 25; in sugar-cane, 294: in sweet potatoes, 558.

  Approximate number of bales of cotton, 8,500.

  County Seat—Rutledge; population. 300.

  Newspaper published at County Seat—Enterprise, Democratic.

  Postoffices in the County—Aiken, Argus, Best, Bradleyton, Bullock, Cook's
Stand, Helicon, Honoraville, Host, Johnson, Leon, Live Oak, Mount Ida, New
Providence, Norwood, Peacock, Rutledge, Sal-Soda, Saville, Vidette.

  This county was formed in 1865, and named for Hon. Anderson Crenshaw, It lies
in that section of the State toward which much attention is now being turned,
because of its varied resources and growing industries. Debarred the enjoyment
of railroad privileges, there has not been that spirit of enterprise and energy
which is warranted by the varied resources of Crenshaw.

  In this county, as in all others in this region, lands may be had at very
moderate figures. Overspread with forests of splendid timber, both of pine and
oak, they are destined to be quite valuable, and yet may be bought in some
sections for $1 per acre, in others for $2.50, and in others still, for $5.

  There are 24,500 acres of land belonging to the general Government in Crenshaw.

  Vast tracks of land may be purchased at nominal prices, and the people would
welcome immigrants of thrifty habits.


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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