Escambia County AlArchives History .....Escambia County 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 17, 2011, 2:40 am IX. ESCAMBIA COUNTY. Population: White, 4,500; colored, 1,300. Area, 1,000 square miles. Woodland, all. All rolling pine lands. Acres—In cotton (approximately), 300; in corn, 3,699; in oats, 869; in sugar-cane, 83; in rice, 405; in sweet potatoes, 404. Approximate number of bales of cotton, 494. County Seat—Brewton; population, l,500; on Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Newspapers published at County Seat—Banner and Escambia Baldwin Times, the former Independent, the latter Democratic. Postoffices in the County—Boykin, Brewton, Canoe Station, Douglasville, Flomaton, Kirkland, Mason, Pollard, Roberts, Steadham, Wallace, Williams Station, Wilson. The county of Escambia was constituted in 1868, and named for the beautiful river which flows across it. It is one of the youngest counties of the State, but is regarded as one of the thriftiest in the great Timber Belt. It has peculiar natural advantages in its forest wealth, its smooth topography, and its deep and wide streams. But the glory of Escambia is her magnificent forests of pine. In this county the expansive domains of yellow or long-leaf pine may be seen in its perfection. These pines give rise to the chief industries of the county, viz.: the timber, lumber, and turpentine business. Some of the finest and best equipped saw-mills and turpentine distilleries known to the South are found in Escambia County. Timbers are hewn from the forests and rafted along the large streams to the mills to be converted into lumber, or else to Pensacola, where a ready market awaits them. These lumber and turpentine industries are near the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which traverses the county north and south. The county contains 140,949 acres of Government 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/escambia/history/other/escambia415gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb