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

National Register listings: 21

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: 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.