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Its county seat is Marion. [2] The county was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy. [3] As of 2020, Perry County was the only county in Alabama, and one of 40 in the United States, not to have access to any wired broadband connections. [4]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map. [1]
The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km 2). The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Alabama, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, up 4.8% over 2000. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed for a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion.
The Marion Female Seminary, also known as the Old Perry County High School, is a historic Greek Revival-style school building utilizing the Doric order in Marion, Alabama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 1973.
Sprott is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Alabama, United States.It is located at the intersection of Alabama Highways 14, and 183, northeast of Marion.. A 1930s view of the USPO/crossroads store by Walter Evans, albeit without showing persons, was used as title cover of the 2003 musical record Rural Renewal by the band The Crusaders.
English: This is a locator map showing Perry County in Alabama. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Plantation founded by Joseph Gee, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, circa 1816 in an Alabama River bend that retains his last name to the present. It passed to his nephews upon his death. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt.