Lowndes County, Alabama

Founding: 1830
Parent counties: Butler, Dallas, and Montgomery
Namesake: William Lowndes, South Carolina politician
Seat: Hayneville (1831–)
Land area: 716 square miles
Population (2020): 10,311
Population (historic): 9,410 (1830); 25,719 (1870); 31,550 (1890); 31,894 (1910); 22,878 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s; 1890s
Subdivisions: Seven towns
National Register listings: Six
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 159 (3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 6.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 68.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 63.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $282
Average outbuilding value (1930): $142

Housing in poor condition (1940): 54.1%
Average farmhouse size (1940): 2.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,118
Average farm size (1920): 35.8 acres
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Hayneville

 
Namesake: Robert Hayne, South Carolina politician
Founding: 1820 (platting); 1831 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 830
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10 (2.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Warren Stone House (c. 1840). Brown Hill Road, west of County Road 37. Greek Revival.
2. *Graves–Haigler House (1841/1860s). County Road 37, south of Old Selma Road. Razed.
3. *John Nall House (c. 1825). Lake Berry Road, south of Brown Hill Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
4. *James Williamson House (c. 1860). 6465 US Highway 31. Greek Revival.