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
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.

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