The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1866 Parent counties:  Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, and Pike Namesake:  Edward Bullock, Alabama politician Seat:  Union Springs (1866–) Land area:  623 square miles Population (2020):  10,357 Population (historic):  24,474 (1870); 27,063 (1890); 30,196 (1910); 20,016 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1870–1880; 1890s; 1980–2000 Subdivisions:  One city; one town; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  328 (7.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  9.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  53.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  42.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $293 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $111 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  3,700 Average farm size (1920):  47.8 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Union Springs   Namesake:  Springs near the city ...

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 ____________________________________________________________________________...

  Founding:  1870 Parent county:  Franklin Namesake:  Levi Colbert, Chickasaw chief Seat:  Tuscumbia (1870–) Land area:  593 square miles Population (2020):  57,227 Population (historic):  12,537 (1870); 20,189 (1890); 24,802 (1910); 29,860 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1870–1920; 1930–1960 Subdivisions:  Three cities; three towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,911 (7.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  23.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  29.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  20.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $392 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $150 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  3,018 Average farm size (1920):  40.6 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Tuscumbia Namesake:  Tuscumbia, Chickasaw leader Founding:  circa 1816 (founding as  Big Spring ); 1820 ...

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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Greensboro Namesake:  Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general Founding:  18...