Editing Washington County, Alabama

{{short description|County in Alabama, United States}}
{{Confuse|Washington, Alabama}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Washington County
 | state                = Alabama
 | flag                 = Flag of Washington County, Alabama.svg
 | founded year         = 1801
 | founded date         = June 4
 | seat wl              = Chatom
 | largest city wl      = Chatom
 | city type            = town
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1089
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1080
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 8.4
 | area percentage      = 0.8
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 15388
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 15022 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = 
 | ex image             = Washington County Courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = The Washington County Courthouse in September 2007
 | district             = 2nd
 | named for            = [[George Washington]]
 | footnotes            = 
*County Number '''65''' on Alabama Licence Plates
}}

'''Washington County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the southwestern part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 15,388.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/washingtoncountyalabama/PST045222|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 10, 2023}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Chatom, Alabama|Chatom]].<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}}</ref> The county was named in honor of [[George Washington]], the first [[President of the United States of America|President of the United States]]. In September 2018 The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) added Washington County to the Mobile, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area but was removed in July 2023.<ref name="OMB Bulletin No. 23-01">{{cite web |title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |format=PDF |date=July 21, 2023 |website=[[White House]] |access-date=May 1, 2024}}</ref>

The [[MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians]] is the first [[State-recognized tribes in the United States|state-recognized tribe]] in Alabama. It is based in Washington County, with some members also in [[Mobile County, Alabama]]. A total of nine tribes have received state recognition since 1979.

==History==
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The area of today's Washington County was long inhabited by various [[Indigenous peoples of North America|indigenous]] people. In historic times, European traders encountered first [[Choctaw]], whose territory extended through most of present-day Mississippi, and later [[Creek Indians]], who had moved southwest from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] ahead of early [[European colonization of North America|European settlers]] who were encroaching on their land.

Washington County was organized on June 4, 1800, from the [[Tombigbee District]] of the [[Mississippi Territory]] by proclamation of territorial governor [[Winthrop Sargent]]. It was the first county organized in what would later become Alabama, as settlers moved westward after the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Washington County is the site of [[St. Stephens, Alabama|St. Stephens]], the first territorial capital of Alabama. In 1807 former U.S. Vice President [[Aaron Burr]] was arrested at [[Wakefield, Alabama|Wakefield]] in Washington County, during his flight from being prosecuted for alleged treason (of which he was eventually found innocent).

In the 1830s, the U.S. government [[Indian removal|removed]] most of the Choctaw and Creek to [[Indian Territory]] (now Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River. Some members of these tribes stayed behind on their traditional lands in southwest Alabama, taking refuge in the forests and swamps. They were nominally considered state (and U.S.) citizens, but suffered severe racial discrimination.

In the 19th century, the county was largely developed for [[cotton]] [[plantations in the American South|plantation]]s, with labor supplied by thousands of [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved African Americans]]. Many had been transported by slave traders to the [[Deep South]] in a forced migration in the early part of the century, as the land was being developed.

During the [[American Civil War]], more than three quarters of the adult white men in the county were serving in the [[Confederate Army]] by 1863. In that year, a group of children petitioned the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate government]] to avoid drafting more white men, so they might serve as a home guard [[militia]]. The petition claimed the militia was needed to guard against a potential slave uprising, since there were numerous cotton plantations with large numbers of enslaved African Americans. No such uprising occurred.

While the county continued to rely on agriculture into the 20th century, the infestation of the [[boll weevil]] destroyed many cotton crops. Mechanization and industrial-scale agriculture reduced the need for labor. Thousands of African Americans left the South in the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] to Northern and Midwestern industrial cities, where they could get better jobs and escape the legal [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation]] and violence of the South. In the early 20th century industrialists began to harvest and process the pine and other timber in this area of the state.

The Choctaw and Creek Native Americans struggled to maintain their traditional culture, in the face of years during which the state government imposed a binary system of dividing people into white and "all other" [[people of color]] (blacks and Indians). Records no longer recognized their identifying as Choctaw, particularly in the period of [[Jim Crow]] after the Reconstruction era.

It was not until the 1930s that the Choctaw were able to get Indian schools to support their culture in Mobile and Washington counties, where their people have been concentrated. For a time they were called [[Cajun]], but have no connection to such descendants of [[Acadians]], based largely in Louisiana. The people pressed to gain recognition for their own ethnicity. In 1979 the Alabama legislature officially recognized the [[MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians]]. In 1984 it passed legislation to establish a commission to represent Native American interests in the state; through that, a total of nine tribes have received state recognition.

While the timber industry continued to be important to the economy, the county has gradually developed other businesses and industries, particularly petrochemical. Due to damage from [[Hurricane Frederic]] in 1979, the county was declared a disaster area that September.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1089|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1080|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.4|sqmi}} (0.8%) 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> This makes Washington County larger than the state of [[Rhode Island]] in terms of land area (but not total area). The county is located approximately 60 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, and exceeds 682,000 acres of land. About 88 percent of the land area is covered by forest and pine plantations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncountyalgov.com|title=Washington County, Alabama History, Location & Description, Industries, Community & County Services. Map of Washington County.|website=www.washingtoncountyalgov.com|access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref>

The [[Tombigbee River]] borders Washington County to the east. From the southern point of the river, the boundary runs diagonally south-west, bisecting the community of [[Calvert, Alabama|Calvert]]. From there, the southern boundary runs west, roughly following the 31°08' N parallel, toward the Mississippi state line, descending due south into Mobile County and forming part of a rectangle that connects with the state line. The western boundary is defined by the Alabama-Mississippi state line (approximately 88°27' W). The northern boundary runs west from the state line along the 31°41' N parallel until reaching the Tombigbee River.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Choctaw County, Alabama|Choctaw County]] (north)
*[[Clarke County, Alabama|Clarke County]] (east)
*[[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin County]] (southeast)
*[[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]] (south)
*[[Greene County, Mississippi]] (southwest)
*[[Wayne County, Mississippi]] (northwest)

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
*[[File:US 43.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 43]]
*[[File:US 45.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 45]]
*[[File:Alabama 17.svg|20px]] [[State Route 1 (Alabama)|State Route 17]]
*[[File:Alabama 56.svg|20px]] [[State Route 56 (Alabama)|State Route 56]]

===Railroad===
The Norfolk Southern Railroad runs north out of the Port of Mobile and along the eastern corridor of Washington County, providing transport of raw materials to several chemical and electrical plants situated along the Tombigbee River.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 1250
|1810= 2920
|1820= 4118
|1830= 3474
|1840= 5300
|1850= 2713
|1860= 4669
|1870= 3912
|1880= 4538
|1890= 7935
|1900= 11134
|1910= 14454
|1920= 14279
|1930= 16365
|1940= 16188
|1950= 15612
|1960= 15372
|1970= 16241
|1980= 16821
|1990= 16694
|2000= 18097
|2010= 17581
|2020= 15388
|estyear=2023
|estimate=15022
|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}}</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;"
|+'''Washington 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 – Washington County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US01129&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) – Washington County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01129&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) – Washington County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01129&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|11,673
|11,455
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,267
|64.50%
|65.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66.72%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,818
|4,360
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,318
|26.62%
|24.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.56%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1,282
|1,394
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,102
|7.08%
|7.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.16%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|10
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.06%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.09%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|5
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.03%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23
|0.01%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|148
|186
|style='background: #ffffe6; |524
|0.82%
|1.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.41%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|160
|151
|style='background: #ffffe6; |138
|0.88%
|0.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.90%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''18,097'''
|'''17,581'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''15,388'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 15,388 people, 5,990 households, and 4,208 families residing in the county.

===2010===
According to the [[2010 United States census]], the racial makeup of the county is as follows:

*65.5% [[White American|White(non-Hispanic)]]
*24.9% [[African American|Black]]
*8.0% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
*0.1% [[Asian American|Asian]] 
*0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]] 
*1.2% [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]
*0.9% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race)

===2000===
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 18,097 people, 6,705 households, and 5,042 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|17|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 8,123 housing units at an average density of {{convert|8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 64.98% [[Race (United States Census)|White(non-Hispanic)]], 26.89% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 7.12% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.05% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.87% from two or more races. 1.1% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 6,705 households, out of which 37.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.10% were married couples living together, 12.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.80% were non-families. 22.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.70% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 12.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,815, and the median income for a family was $37,881. Males had a median income of $35,237 versus $18,337 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,081. About 14.80% of families and 18.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.50% of those under age 18 and 22.70% of those age 65 or over.

===Population decline===
Like many rural Alabama counties, Washington County has had [[rural flight]] since 2000, as younger people have moved to cities for work opportunities. Factors contributing to this phenomenon include depressed economic opportunity within the county and the ongoing urbanization of the United States. Urbanization, especially urban areas adjacent to a rural area, draws young people out of rural areas, offering more and better public services as well as access to better-paying, [[White-collar worker|white-collar]] jobs.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/rural_america/20130524_rural_america_slides.pdf |access-date=2023-12-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120092526/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/rural_america/20130524_rural_america_slides.pdf | archive-date=2017-01-20 | title=How Is Rural America Changing?}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[Washington County School District (Alabama)|Washington County School system]] operates public schools in the county. Its high schools include:<ref name="myref38">{{cite web|url=http://washingtoncounty.schoolinsites.com/?PN=Schools2|title=Welcome to the Washington County Schools Website. ::|access-date=May 26, 2009|date=September 2008|author=Schools, Washington County}}</ref>
*[[Fruitdale High School]]
*[[Leroy High School]]
*[[McIntosh High School (Alabama)|McIntosh High School]]
*[[Millry High School]]
*[[Washington County High School (Alabama)|Washington County High School]]

==Politics==
Like much of the [[Deep South]], prior to the [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s, only white Washington County voters enjoyed the franchise, and they had long supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in national, state and local elections. Most blacks had been disenfranchised since the turn of the century, as were many poor whites.

After Congress passed civil rights legislation under the leadership of President [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]], in addition to legislation to support his [[Great Society]] policies, the county's conservative white electorate began to support Republican candidates in presidential elections. With revival of their constitutional rights in voting, African Americans tended to align with the national Democratic Party.

Following the [[Reagan Administration|presidency of Ronald Reagan]] and the rise of the [[Moral Majority]] of the 1980s, conservative white Washington County voters have increasingly elected [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] in national elections, and they have essentially realigned with that party. [[Bill Clinton]], a nominee from Arkansas, was the last Democratic presidential nominee to win Washington County, doing so in his successful 1996 reelection campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref> By contrast, the minority of African American and Native American voters continue to support Democratic candidates.

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While Democrats, until 2015, continued to represent the county in both houses of the [[Alabama State Legislature|state legislature]], voters have not supported a Democratic candidate for governor since [[Alabama gubernatorial election, 2002|2002]]. That year the state's last Democratic governor, [[Don Siegelman]], lost reelection to Republican [[Bob Riley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title = Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections}}</ref>

As of 2021, Brett Easterbrook (R-Fruitdale) has represented Washington County in the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] (District 65) since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALRepresentative.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=100547&OID_PERSON=8505|title = Alabama Legislature}}</ref> Greg Albritton (R-Excel) has represented Senate District 22, the bulk of the county (along with parts of seven other counties, stretching into south Baldwin County and as far north as Choctaw County, and from the Mississippi border on the west to as far east as the Escambia-Covington County border and Conecuh-Butler county border) in the [[Alabama Senate]] since 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd022.html |title=Welcome to the Alabama State Legislature |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003045802/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd022.html |archive-date=October 3, 2013 }}</ref> An eastern sliver of the county along the Tombigbee falls in District 23, represented by [[Henry Sanders (politician)|Hank Sanders]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd023.html |title=Welcome to the Alabama State Legislature |access-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009173638/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/senate/senators/senatebios/sd023.html |archive-date=October 9, 2007 }}</ref>

The county lies within [[Alabama's 1st congressional district]], which has been represented by Republican [[Jerry Carl]] since January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/239312081.html |title=House swears in Rep. Bradley Byrne, new Republican congressman from Alabama &#124; Star Tribune |website=[[Star Tribune]] |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111013320/http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/239312081.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Communities==

===Towns===
*[[Chatom, Alabama|Chatom]] (county seat)
*[[McIntosh, Alabama|McIntosh]]
*[[Millry, Alabama|Millry]]

===Census-designated places===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Calvert, Alabama|Calvert]] (partly in [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]])
*[[Cullomburg, Alabama|Cullomburg]] (partly in [[Choctaw County, Alabama|Choctaw County]])
*[[Deer Park, Alabama|Deer Park]]
*[[Fairford, Alabama|Fairford]]
*[[Fruitdale, Alabama|Fruitdale]]
*[[Hobson, Washington County, Alabama|Hobson]]
*[[Leroy, Alabama|Leroy]]
*[[Malcolm, Alabama|Malcolm]]
*[[St. Stephens, Alabama|St. Stephens]]
*[[Sims Chapel, Alabama|Sims Chapel]]
*[[Tibbie, Alabama|Tibbie]]
*[[Vinegar Bend, Alabama|Vinegar Bend]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Cortelyou, Alabama|Cortelyou]]
* [[Escatawpa, Alabama|Escatawpa]]
* [[Frankville, Alabama|Frankville]]
* [[Laton Hill, Alabama|Laton Hill]]
* [[Sunflower, Alabama|Sunflower]]
* [[Wagarville, Alabama|Wagarville]]
* [[Yellow Pine, Alabama|Yellow Pine]]
* [[Yarbo, Alabama|Yarbo]]

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

==Places of interest==
Washington County has three sites listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: 
* [[Andrews Chapel (McIntosh, Alabama)|Andrews Chapel]] in McIntosh 
* [[St. Stephens Courthouse|Old Washington County Courthouse]] 
* [[St. Stephens, Alabama|Old St. Stephens Site]] in St. Stephens.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>
  
The Washington County Museum is located in the courthouse in Chatom.

==Notable people==
* [[Wilmer Mizell]] (1930–1999) was born in [[Vinegar Bend, Alabama|Vinegar Bend]]. He was a left-handed pitcher in [[major league baseball]]. After his sports career, he was elected to three terms as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] congressman. He represented [[North Carolina's 5th congressional district]] from 1969 to 1975, after white conservatives began electing Republican candidates.
* [[Beverly Jo Scott]], singer-songwriter who lives and works in [[Belgium]], was born in [[Deer Park, Alabama|Deer Park]] in 1959.
* [[Thompson Square|Shawna Thompson]], a singer and part of the country music duo [[Thompson Square]], is from Chatom.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thompsonsquare.com/thompson-square |title=Thompson Square &#124; Thompson Square |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111015114/http://thompsonsquare.com/thompson-square |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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

==References==
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==External links==
* Washington County [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/counties/washington.jpg map of roads/towns] (map © 2007 [[University of Alabama|Univ. of Alabama]]).
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110103154346/http://southal.net/ South Alabama Community Website]
* [http://www.washcoso.com/ Washington County Sheriff's Office]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Washington County, Alabama
|North     = [[Choctaw County, Alabama|Choctaw County]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Clarke County, Alabama|Clarke County]]
|Southeast = [[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin County]]
|South     = [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]]
|Southwest = [[Greene County, Mississippi]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = [[Wayne County, Mississippi]]
}} 
{{Washington County, Alabama}}
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[[Category:1800 establishments in Mississippi Territory]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1800]]