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Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama.As of the 2020 census the population was 33,009. [1] Its county seat is Troy. [2] Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, who led an expedition to southern Colorado and encountered Pikes Peak in 1806.
Pike County voters re-elected Republican commissioners Matthew Osterberg and Ronald Schmalzle and replaced R. Anthony Waldron with Christa Caceres on the Democratic side. Osterberg led the way ...
Christa Caceres is the first Black woman to become Pike County commissioner and the first woman elected to the position since the 1990s.
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]
Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives.It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state.
On September 28, 2005, Watkins was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama vacated by Harold Albritton. Watkins was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2005, and received his commission on December 27, 2005. He served as Chief Judge from 2011–2019.
Folmar was born in Pike County near Montgomery. He attended school in Pike County and then Montgomery. He was a United States Army ranger and a veteran of the Korean War. He thereafter graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in business. He entered politics in 1975 by winning election to the Montgomery City Council.
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