Dale County AlArchives History .....Dale County 1888
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VIII.
DALE COUNTY.

  Population: White, 7,55; colored, 3,124. Area, 650 square miles. Woodland,
all. Pine uplands, 420 square miles; undulating, pine lands, 230.

  Acres—In cotton (approximately), 27,000; in corn, 31,867; in oats, 5,114; in
wheat, 59; in rye, 24; in rice, 49; in sugar-cane, 373; in sweet potatoes, 872.

  Approximate number of bales of cotton, 6,800.

  County seat—Ozark; population, 700; located near the center of the county.

  Newspaper published at County Seat—Southern Star, Democratic.

  Postoffices in the County—Barnes Cross Roads, Beaver Creek, Clayhatchee,
Clopton, Crittenden's Mills, Daleville, Echo, Newton, Ozark, Rockyhead,
Skipperville, Strickland, Weed, Wicksburgh.

  This county was organized in 1824, and named in honor of Gen. Samuel Dale. It
is one of the counties of the State in which there were manufactories prior to
the war. Its people have long been noted for their sobriety and progressiveness,
and, in the centers of interest, for their intelligence. Possessing a varied
soil, genial climate, healthful atmosphere, abounding resources of water, rich
pasture lands, and broad forests of pine, Dale County is the peer of any other
section in this portion of Alabama.

  The prices of land extend from $1 to $10 per acre. The county has an
industrious agricultural population that would readily greet settlers and
investors seeking homes and locations for business. No doubt these lands will
attract great attention within a few years, because of the vast abundance of
yellow pine timber which they contain. Rare bargains can now be had by those
seeking profitable investments in lands and real estate. Much of the land is
public, and may be entered under the homestead act. Of this there are 46,240
acres.


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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