Jefferson, Alabama
Jefferson is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is the birthplace of sculptor, Geneva Mercer.[2]
Jefferson, Alabama | |
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Jefferson, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama Jefferson, Alabama Jefferson, Alabama (the United States) | |
Coordinates: 32°23′8.88″N 87°53′53.41″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Marengo |
Elevation | 233 ft (71 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 36745 |
Area code(s) | 334 |
Demographics
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1870 | 233 | — | |
1880 | 204 | −12.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[3] |
Jefferson appeared on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Censuses. In 1870, it reported 233 residents. Of those, 143 (61%) were black and 90 (39%) were white.[4] Racial demographics in 1880 were not reported. These were the only two occasions on which it appeared on census records.
History
It was founded in 1810, before Marengo was a county or Alabama was a state. Most of the original settlers were veterans of the American Revolution, including John Sample, John Gilmore, and Reuben Hildreth.[5] The village was named Jefferson in 1820, after Thomas Jefferson, and that year saw the first church established.[5] The population had reached 200 people by 1860 and the village contained two dry goods stores, one drugstore, a male and a female academy, a Masonic Lodge, a hotel, two tanneries, a wagon shop, and a blacksmith shop.[5]
Geography
Jefferson is located at 32.38580°N 87.89817°W and has an elevation of 233 feet (71 m).
Historic sites
- Jefferson Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places on 13 December 1976.
Further reading
- Angela McMillan Howell. Raised Up Down Yonder: Growing Up Black in Rural Alabama (University Press of Mississippi; 2013) 224 pages; an ethnographic study of high school students in fictional Hamilton a pseudonym for the community near Jefferson and John Essex High School.
References
- "Jefferson, Alabama". "ePodunk Community Profiles". Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- Marengo County Heritage Book Committee (2000). The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Pub. Consultants. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-891647-58-1.
- "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-05.pdf
- Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 7. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X