Hale County, Alabama

Founding: 1867
Parent counties: Greene, Marengo, Perry, and Tuscaloosa

Namesake: Stephen Hale, Alabama politician
Seat: Greensboro (1867–)

Land area: 644 square miles

Population (2020): 14,785

Population (historic): 21,792 (1870); 31,011 (1900); 26,265 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; three towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 442 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 61.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $286
Average outbuilding value (1930): $123
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,816
Average farm size (1920): 41.6 acres
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Greensboro

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general

Founding: 1820 (platting as Troy); 1821 (post office); 1823 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,218

Population (historic): 2,500 (1850); 1,760 (1870); 2,416 (1900); 1,795 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1890s; 1930s; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (8.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Arcola Plantation / Alfred Hatch Farm (1856). Baker Road, east of River Ranch Road. Greek Revival.
2. Bermuda Hill / William Manning Log House (c. 1840). 8864 County Road 2.
3. Hawthorne / Manning–Browder Farm (c. 1835/1865). County Road 12, west of State Route 69. Italianate.
4. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1853). County Road 12, west of State Route 69. Gothic Revival.
5. Borden Oaks / John Gray Farm (c. 1835). County Road 28, east of Pintail Road. Greek Revival.
6. Abraham McGehee House (c. 1830). County Road 30, south of A.D. Bolden Road. Federal. Razed.
7. Browder–Duggar House (c. 1845/1880). 267 Gallion Road. Greek Revival.
8. Umbria / Samuel Pickens Farm (c. 1833/1850). Magnolia Road, southeast of Sawyerville. Federal. Razed.
9. Waldwic / Robert Gracey Farm (c. 1840/1852). State Route 69, south of Gallion. Gothic Revival.
10. James Whitley House (c. 1840). State Route 69, north of County Road 55. Greek Revival.

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