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
Unincorporated community
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
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMarengo
Elevation
233 ft (71 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36745
Area code(s)334

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1870233—
1880204−12.4%
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 / 32.38580; -87.89817 and has an elevation of 233 feet (71 m).

Historic sites

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
  1. "Jefferson, Alabama". "ePodunk Community Profiles". Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  2. 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.
  3. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-05.pdf
  5. Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, page 7. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 1-891647-58-X



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