Wilcox County AlArchives History .....Wilcox County 1888
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XVII.
WILCOX COUNTY.

  Population: White, 6,911; colored, 25,000. Area, 960 square miles. Woodland,
all. Oak and hickory uplands with long-leaf pine, 600; central prairie and
flatwood, 360 square miles.

  Acres—In cotton (approximately), 17,000, in corn, 40,053; in oats, 7,011; in
sugar-cane, 251; in rice, 14; in tobacco, 15; in sweet potatoes, 1,597.

  Approximate number of bales of cotton, 28,201.

  County Seat—Camden; population, 1,500; near Alabama River, 40 miles southwest
of Selma.

  Newspapers published at County Seat—Home Ruler and Wilcox Progress (both
Democratic).

  Postoffices in the County—Allenton, Awin, Bethel, Black's Bluff, Boiling
Springs, Caledonia, Camden, Canton Bend, Clifton, Dumas' Store, Fatama, Furman,
Geesbend, Lower Peach Tree, Pine Apple, Pine Hill, Prairie Bluff, Rehoboth,
Rosebud, Rowell, Sedan, Snow Hill, Yellow Bluff.

  This county derives its name from Lieut. Joseph M. Wilcox. It was created as
early as 1819, and has steadily maintained a reputation as one of the leading
agricultural counties of the State. It is highly favored both with respect to
the character of its lands and the abundant supplies of water. Most of its
lands, and especially its most tillable soils, lie well for cultivation.

  The timbers of the county are long and short-leaf pine, the different
varieties of oak, hickory, ash, elm, poplar, cedar, mulberry, beech, magnolia,
sycamore and walnut. Some of the most splendid specimens of timber found in
Southern forests can be obtained in Wilcox. Perhaps no county surpasses it in
the abundance of its cedar growth
.
  There is also quite a quantity of excellent cypress timber. When this is
removed and the land upon which it grows is thoroughly drained, it has been
found to equal any other in its capacity of production.

  Lands may be purchased in the county at prices ranging from $2 to $25,
depending, of course, upon the locality and the fertility.

  So eager are the people to have thrifty and energetic settlers locate in their
midst, that they are willing to offer extraordinary inducements in the sale of
lands and homes. There are 3,380 acres of Government land in Wilcox County still
untaken.


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.
COTTON BELT.


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