Editing Dallas County, Alabama

{{Short description|County in Alabama, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Dallas County
 | state                = Alabama
 | seal                 = Seal of Dallas County, Alabama.png
 | founded year         = 1818
 | founded date         = February 9
 | seat wl              = Selma
 | largest city wl      = Selma
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 994
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 979
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 15
 | area percentage      = 1.5
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 38462
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 36165 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = www.dallascounty-al.org/
 | ex image             = Dallas County Courthouse Selma Alabama 001.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Dallas County Courthouse in Selma. Built in 1901, it was given an extensive modern makeover in 1960
 | district             = 7th
 | named for            = [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]]
 | footnotes            = 
*County Number '''27''' on Alabama Licence Plates
}}

'''Dallas County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Central Alabama|central]] part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 38,462.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/dallascountyalabama/PST045222|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Its name is in honor of [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]], who served from 1814 to 1816.

Dallas County comprises the Selma, AL [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Dallas County was created by the Alabama territorial legislature on February 9, 1818, from [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery County]]. This was a portion of the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] [[Treaty of Fort Jackson|cession]] of lands to the US government of August 9, 1814. The Creek were known as one of the [[Five Civilized Tribes]] of the Southeast. The county was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]] of [[Pennsylvania]].

Dallas County is located in what has become known as the [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)|Black Belt]] region of the [[Central Alabama|west-central portion]] of the state. The name referred to its fertile soil, and the area was largely developed for cotton plantations, worked by numerous enslaved African Americans in the antebellum period. After emancipation following the Civil War, many of the African Americans stayed in the area and  worked as [[sharecroppers]] and tenant farmers. The county has been majority black since before the war. 

Dallas County produced more cotton by 1860 than any other county in the state, requiring a large supply of workers, who were mostly enslaved. Dallas County slave owners on average had seventeen enslaved workers (compared to ten in Montgomery County, for instance); slave owners made up some 16% of the county's white population, but if their families are added, at least a third of the county's population was attached to a slaveholding family, according to historian Alston Fitts.<ref name=fitts>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qci9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA12|title=Selma: A Bicentennial History|first=Alston|last=Fitts|publisher=University of Alabama Press|year=2017|pages=12–14|isbn=9780817319328}}</ref>

Well-known local slaveowners include Washington Smith, owner of a big plantation in [[Bogue Chitto, Alabama]], near Selma, and founder of the Bank of Selma. After Emancipation he continued to exert great influence over the African-American people in the county.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_eM5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT35|page=35|title=Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma|first=Karlyn|last=Forner|publisher=Duke UP|year=2017|isbn=9780822372233}}</ref> 
Shortly before the war, Smith had bought a West African girl,  [[Redoshi]], one of an illegal shipment of slaves in 1860.  He called her Sally Smith. She was from [[Benin]], kidnapped at age 12 and one  of numerous African captives transported on the ''[[Clotilda (slave ship)|Clotilda]]'' to [[Mobile, Alabama]], more than 50 years after the slave trade had been abolished.<ref name=daley1>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researcher-identifies-last-american-woman-survive-african-slave-trade-180971879/|title=Researcher Identifies the Last Living Survivor of the Transatlantic Slave Trade|access-date=April 8, 2019|date=April 5, 2019|magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|first=Jason|last=Daley}}</ref>

The county is traversed by the [[Alabama River]], flowing from northeast to southwest across the county. It is bordered by Perry, Chilton, Autauga, Lowndes, Wilcox, and Marengo counties. Originally, the Dallas county seat was at [[Cahaba, Alabama|Cahaba]], which also served as the state capital for a brief period. In 1865, the county seat was transferred to [[Selma, Alabama]] as the center of population had moved. Other towns and communities in the still mostly rural county include Marion Junction, Sardis, Orrville, Valley Grande, and Minter.

===20th century to present===
Cotton production suffered in the early 20th century due to infestation of [[boll weevil]], which invaded cotton areas throughout the South. At the turn of the 20th century, the state legislature [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchised]] most blacks and many poor whites through provisions of a new state constitution requiring payment of [[poll tax (United States)|poll tax]] and passing a [[literacy test]] for voter registration. These largely survived legal challenges and blacks were excluded from the political system.

The period from 1877 to 1950 (and especially 1890 through 1930), was the height of [[Lynching in the United States|lynchings]] across the South, as whites worked to impose [[white supremacy]] and [[Jim Crow]]. According to the third edition of ''Lynching in America'', Dallas County had 19 lynchings in this period, the second-highest number of any county in the state after Jefferson County.<ref name="eji">{{Cite web |url=https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf |title=''Lynching in America/Supplement: Lynchings by County'', 3rd edition, Equal Justice Initiative, 2017 |access-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063004/https://eji.org/sites/default/files/lynching-in-america-third-edition-summary.pdf |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The lynching mobs killed suspects of alleged crimes, but also for behavior that offended a white man, and for labor organizing.<ref name="lynching"/><ref name="eji"/> In the early and mid-20th century, a total of 6.5 million blacks left the South in the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] to escape these oppressive conditions.

In the postwar era of the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans, including many veterans, mounted new efforts across the South to be able to exercise their constitutional right as citizens to register and vote.<ref name="lynching">[http://www.eji.org/files/Lynching_in_America ''Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror'', 2015, Equal Justice Institute, Montgomery, Alabama]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The still mostly rural county reached a peak of population in 1960. Younger people have since left to seek work elsewhere. The county is working on new directions for economic development.

From 1963 through 1965, Selma and Dallas County were the sites of a renewed Voting Rights campaign. It was organized by locals of the [[Dallas County Voters League]] (DCVL), and joined by activists from [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC). In late 1964 they invited help from the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] (SCLC); with SCLC president [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] participating, this campaign attracted national and international news in February and March 1965. They planned a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama. Two activists were killed during demonstrations before the final march took place.

On March 7, several hundred peaceful marchers were beaten by state troopers and county posse after they passed over the [[Edmund Pettus Bridge]] and into the county, intending to march to the state capital of [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]. The events were covered by national media. The protesters renewed their walk on March 21, having been joined by thousands of sympathizers from across the country and gained federal protection, to complete the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]].<ref>Gary May, ''Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy'' (Basic Books, 2013)</ref> More people joined them, so that some 25,000 people entered Montgomery on the last day of the march. In August of that year, Congress passed the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which was signed by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Millions of African-American citizens across the South have registered and voted in the subsequent years, participating again in the political system.

On March 5, 2018, Selma commemorated these marches. In addition, the city conducted a Community Remembrance Project, unveiling a new historic marker to memorialize the 19 African Americans who were lynched in Dallas County by whites during the late 19th and up to mid-20th century in acts of racial terrorism. This was done in cooperation with the [[Equal Justice Initiative]], which published a report in 2015 that documented nearly 4,000 such lynchings, as well as Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth and Reconciliation at Healing Waters Retreat Center, Selma: Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, and the Black Belt Community Foundation.<ref>[https://eji.org/news/selma-alabama-memorializes-lynching-victims "Selma, Alabama Memorializes Lynching Victims"], Equal Justice Initiative News, March 5, 2018; Accessed April 13, 2018</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|994|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|979|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|15|sqmi}} (1.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Chilton County, Alabama|Chilton County]] (north)
*[[Autauga County, Alabama|Autauga County]] (northeast)
*[[Lowndes County, Alabama|Lowndes County]] (southeast)
*[[Wilcox County, Alabama|Wilcox County]] (south)
*[[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo County]] (west)
*[[Perry County, Alabama|Perry County]] (northwest)

===National protected areas===
* [[Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail]] (part)
* [[Talladega National Forest]] (part)

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
*[[Image:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 80]]
*[[Image:Alabama 5.svg|20px]] [[State Route 5 (Alabama)|State Route 5]]
*[[Image:Alabama 14.svg|20px]] [[State Route 14 (Alabama)|State Route 14]]
*[[Image:Alabama 22.svg|20px]] [[State Route 22 (Alabama)|State Route 22]]
*[[Image:Alabama 41.svg|20px]] [[State Route 41 (Alabama)|State Route 41]]
*[[Image:Alabama 66.svg|20px]] [[State Route 66 (Alabama)|State Route 66]]
*[[Image:Alabama 89.svg|20px]] [[State Route 89 (Alabama)|State Route 89]]
*[[Image:Alabama 140.svg|20px]] [[State Route 140 (Alabama)|State Route 140]]
*[[Image:Alabama 219.svg|20px]] [[State Route 219 (Alabama)|State Route 219]]

===Airports===
* [[Craig Field (Alabama)|Craig Field]] (SEM) in [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]]
* [[Skyharbor Airport]] (S63) in Selma

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1820= 6003
|1830= 14017
|1840= 25199
|1850= 29727
|1860= 33625
|1870= 40705
|1880= 48433
|1890= 49350
|1900= 54657
|1910= 53401
|1920= 54697
|1930= 55094
|1940= 55245
|1950= 56270
|1960= 56667
|1970= 55296
|1980= 53981
|1990= 48130
|2000= 46365
|2010= 43820
|2020= 38462
|estyear=2023
|estimate=36165
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 22, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/al190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 24, 1995|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Dallas County, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Dallas County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US01047&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dallas County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01047&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dallas County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01047&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|16,417
|12,676
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,363
|35.41%
|28.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26.94%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|29,201
|30,314
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26,812
|62.98%
|69.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |69.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|47
|78
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56
|0.10%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|157
|144
|style='background: #ffffe6; |145
|0.34%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|4
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.01%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|26
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38
|0.06%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|223
|278
|style='background: #ffffe6; |740
|0.48%
|0.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.92%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|290
|309
|style='background: #ffffe6; |296
|0.63%
|0.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.77%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''46,365'''
|'''43,820'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''38,462'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 38,462 people, 15,910 households, and 10,328 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
Residents identified by the following ethnicities, according to the [[2010 United States census]]:
*69.4% [[African American|Black]]
*29.0% [[White American|White]]
*0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
*0.3% [[Asian American|Asian]]
*0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]]
*0.7% [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]
*0.7% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race)

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 46,365 people, 17,841 households, and 12,488 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|47|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 20,450 housing units at an average density of {{convert|21|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 63.26% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 35.58% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.11% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.35% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 17,841 households, out of which 33.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.40% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 25.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. Nearly 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.60% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $23,370, and the median income for a family was $29,906. Males had a median income of $31,568 versus $18,683 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $13,638. About 27.20% of families and 31.10% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 40.70% of those under age 18 and 27.60% of those age 65 or over.

==Government and politics==
Dallas County is governed by a five-member county commission, elected from [[single-member district]]s.

Along with the rest of the Black Belt, Dallas County is solidly Democratic. Although African Americans supported the Republican Party during Reconstruction and into the early 20th century, they have supported Democratic candidates since the mid-1960s. No Republican has carried the county since [[Richard Nixon]]'s 3,000-county-plus landslide in [[1972 United States presidential election in Alabama|1972]].
{{PresHead|place=Dallas County, Alabama|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|5,524|12,230|110|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|5,789|12,836|167|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|6,288|14,612|64|Alabama}}
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{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|7,335|11,175|63|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|7,360|10,967|137|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|6,612|10,507|535|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|7,394|11,053|1,157|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|7,630|9,660|133|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|9,585|10,955|178|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|7,647|9,770|730|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|7,144|8,866|351|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|8,644|5,427|209|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,246|6,516|8,874|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|5,888|0|719|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,872|2,103|69|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,324|2,121|913|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,550|2,082|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|132|0|2,738|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|149|2,883|11|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|157|3,106|3|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|49|3,205|4|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|93|3,027|13|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|705|1,905|1|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|50|1,948|125|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|78|2,702|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|23|1,565|11|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|16|1,461|34|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|28|1,420|15|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|36|1,472|15|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|161|4,714|126|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|519|4,091|62|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,028|7,339|947|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|2,090|5,302|4|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|2,023|3,026|5|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|1,108|1,794|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|3,930|1,609|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|7,081|1,934|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|7,137|1,779|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1860|Southern Democratic|0|339|1,453|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1856|Democratic|0|831|676|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1852|Democratic|386|440|244|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1848|Whig|860|618|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1844|Whig|864|722|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1840|Whig|1,024|689|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1836|Whig|916|456|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1832|Democratic|0|278|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1828|Democratic|124|744|0|Alabama}}
{{PresFoot|1824|Democratic|235|411|148|Alabama}}

==Education==
Areas not in Selma are served by [[Dallas County Schools (Alabama)|Dallas County Schools]], while areas in Selma are served by [[Selma City Schools]].

==Communities==

===Cities===
*[[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] (county seat)
*[[Valley Grande, Alabama|Valley Grande]]

===Towns===
*[[Orrville, Alabama|Orrville]]

===Census-designated places===
*[[Selmont-West Selmont, Alabama|Selmont-West Selmont]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Beloit, Alabama|Beloit]]
*[[Bogue Chitto, Alabama|Bogue Chitto]]
*[[Browns, Alabama|Browns]]
*[[Burnsville, Alabama|Burnsville]]
*[[Carlowville, Alabama|Carlowville]]
*[[Crumptonia, Alabama|Crumptonia]]
*[[Elm Bluff, Alabama|Elm Bluff]]
*[[Harrell, Alabama|Harrell]]
*[[Manila, Alabama|Manila]]
*[[Marion Junction, Alabama|Marion Junction]]
*[[Minter, Alabama|Minter]]
*[[Plantersville, Alabama|Plantersville]]
*[[Pleasant Hill, Dallas County, Alabama|Pleasant Hill]]
*[[Richmond, Alabama|Richmond]]
*[[Safford, Alabama|Safford]]
*[[Sardis, Alabama|Sardis]]
*[[Summerfield, Alabama|Summerfield]]
*[[Tyler, Alabama|Tyler]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost town===
*[[Cahaba, Alabama|Cahaba]]

==Notable residents==
*[[Kenneth D. McKellar]], American Politician from Tennessee

==Notable inhabitants==
*[[Redoshi]], a woman originally from Benin, West-Africa, kidnapped and sold to a Dallas County slave owner.

==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Alabama]]
*[[Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by county (Clarke–Dallas)#Dallas County|Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in Dallas County, Alabama]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* Dallas County [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/counties/dallas.jpg map of roads/towns] from the University of Alabama

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Dallas County, Alabama
|North     = [[Chilton County, Alabama|Chilton County]]
|Northeast = [[Autauga County, Alabama|Autauga County]]
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Lowndes County, Alabama|Lowndes County]]
|South     = [[Wilcox County, Alabama|Wilcox County]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo County]]
|Northwest = [[Perry County, Alabama|Perry County]]
}} 
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{{NRHP in Dallas County, Alabama}}
{{Alabama}}
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[[Category:Dallas County, Alabama| ]]
[[Category:1818 establishments in Alabama Territory]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1818]]
[[Category:Black Belt (U.S. region)]]
[[Category:Community Remembrance Project]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in Alabama]]