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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