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Lowndes County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- January 20, 1830
- Named after
- William Jones Lowndes
- Seat
- Hayneville
- Largest town
- Fort Deposit
- Total
- 725 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Land
- 716 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Water
- 9.2 sq mi (24 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,359
- Density
- 14.4/sq mi (5.56/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Lowndes
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alabama
- Capital
- Hayneville
- Population
- 10311
- Area
- 1878
- Shares border with
- Crenshaw County
- Official website
- www.lowndes-al.gov
- Image
- Lowndes County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4213
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- Commons category
- Lowndes County, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Lowndes County, Alabama
- inception
- 1830-01-20
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lowndes County, Alabama
- different from
- Lowndes County
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Lowndes County
- per capita income
- 21298
- mean age
- 42.5
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lowndes County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,311. Its county seat is Hayneville. The county is named in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Congress from South Carolina.
Lowndes County is part of the Montgomery, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Historically it has been considered part of the Black Belt, known for its fertile soil, cotton plantations, and a high number of African American workers, enslaved and later freed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lowndes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.