Greene County, AL

Headnote
GREENE COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Alabama, traversed by Black Warrior river, and bounded by Tombigbee river on the southwest. Area, 836 square miles. Face of the country generally hilly; soil on the bottom lands rich; in the other parts generally unproductive. Seat of justice, Eutaw. Pop. in 1820, 4,554; in 1830, 15,026; in 1840, 24,024; in 1850, 31,441. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Alabama

Greene County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
GREENE COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Alabama, traversed by Black Warrior river, and bounded by Tombigbee river on the southwest. Area, 836 square miles. Face of the country generally hilly; soil on the bottom lands rich; in the other parts generally unproductive. Seat of justice, Eutaw. Pop. in 1820, 4,554; in 1830, 15,026; in 1840, 24,024; in 1850, 31,441.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 142.
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