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Etowah County Almanac
Founded: Blount, Calhoun,
Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & St. Clair Counties.. First organized in 1866 as
Baine County which was dissolved in 1867, then reorganized as Etowah in 1868.
Origin of Name: Cherokee for "edible tree"
County seat: Gadsden
Land Area: 534.82 square
miles of Alabama's 50,744 square miles
Persons per square mile, 2000:
193.4
Altitude:
621 feet above sea level
Highest Elevation: 1548 feet
Time Zone: Central
Climate: Four distinct
seasons, with mild winters, warm summers. Annual mean
temperature 61.7; mean winter, 44.4; mean summer, 78.9;
annual average rainfall, 54.95 inches; annual average
snowfall, 1 inch; altitude above sea level, 621 feet,
length of growing season, 216 days.
County Geography:
Etowah County is nestled in the rolling foothills
of the Appalachian Mountains. In addition, the
terrain is covered by many pine forests. This area
is often called the Central Pine Belt.
Newspapers
Population Growth:
|
Census Year |
Alabama (terr/state) |
Blount County* |
Calhoun County* |
Cherokee County* |
DeKalb County* |
Marshall County* |
St. Clair County* |
Etowah (region) |
|
1790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1800 |
1,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1810 |
9,046 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1820 |
127,901 |
2,415 |
|
|
|
|
4,166 |
|
|
1830 |
309,527 |
4,233 |
|
|
|
|
5,975 |
|
|
1840 |
590,756 |
5,570 |
14,260 |
8,773 |
5,929 |
7,553 |
5,638 |
|
|
1850 |
771,623 |
7,367 |
17,163 |
13,884 |
8,245 |
8,846 |
6,829 |
|
|
1860 |
964,201 |
10,865 |
21,539 |
18,360 |
10,705 |
11,472 |
11,013 |
|
|
1870 |
996,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,109 |
|
1880 |
1,262,505 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,398 |
|
1890 |
1,513,401 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,926 |
|
1900 |
1,828,697 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,361 |
|
1910 |
2,138,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,109 |
|
1920 |
2,348,174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,275 |
|
1930 |
2.646.249 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
63,399 |
|
1940 |
2,832,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
72,580 |
|
1950 |
3,061,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
93,892 |
|
1960 |
3,266,740 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
96,980 |
|
1970 |
3,444,354 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
94,144 |
|
1980 |
3,894,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,057 |
|
1990 |
4.040,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
99,840 |
|
2000 |
4,447,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,459 |
|
2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,035 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,189 |
|
2006 |
4,599,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,362 |
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*Includes
part of the population count of present-day Etowah County, which
hadn't been created yet. |
Heritages reported by Etowah County residents include:
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Black or African American |
15% |
|
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Irish |
11% |
|
|
English |
11% |
|
|
German |
6% |
|
|
Scots-Irish |
2% |
|
|
Scottish |
2% |
|
|
American Indian
tribes, specified |
1% |
|
|
Dutch |
1% |
|
|
Italian |
1% |
|
|
French (except
Basque) |
1% |
|
|
European |
1% |
|
|
Mexican |
1% |
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|
Subsaharan African |
1% |
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|
African |
1% |
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