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Carrollton, Alabama
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Pickens County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Carrollton had a population of 1,023. The Hugh Wilson Hill House / Kelly - Stone - Hill Place is a historic residence listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Pickens County Courthouse in the center of Carrollton was erected in 1877. The first courthouse in Carrollton was burned on April 5, 1865, by troops of Union General John T. Croxton. A second courthouse was destroyed by a fire on November 16, 1876.
Incorporated in 1831, the town was named after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, the only Roman Catholic and longest-living signer of the Declaration of Independence. A post office has been in operation at Carrollton since 1831.
The county jail was located at the courthouse. The courthouse square was used frequently as a site for public lynchings by whites of African Americans, part of numerous efforts to suppress them during a time of high tensions as whites struggled for dominance. It was part of a program of intimidation and racial terrorism, with these murders frequent in the decades on either side of the turn of the 20th century. Among the numerous African Americans lynched in Carrollton was John Gibson, hanged on August 28, 1907. Pickens County had the fifth highest total of lynchings in Alabama, according to Lynching in America (2015, 3rd edition), published by the Equal Justice Initiative.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.96%) is water.
As of the 2020 census, Carrollton had a population of 1,023. The median age was 34.1 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.6% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 110.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.0 males.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 355 households, including 218 family households. Of all households, 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 36.3% were married-couple households, 17.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 41.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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Carrollton, Alabama
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Pickens County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Carrollton had a population of 1,023. The Hugh Wilson Hill House / Kelly - Stone - Hill Place is a historic residence listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Pickens County Courthouse in the center of Carrollton was erected in 1877. The first courthouse in Carrollton was burned on April 5, 1865, by troops of Union General John T. Croxton. A second courthouse was destroyed by a fire on November 16, 1876.
Incorporated in 1831, the town was named after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, the only Roman Catholic and longest-living signer of the Declaration of Independence. A post office has been in operation at Carrollton since 1831.
The county jail was located at the courthouse. The courthouse square was used frequently as a site for public lynchings by whites of African Americans, part of numerous efforts to suppress them during a time of high tensions as whites struggled for dominance. It was part of a program of intimidation and racial terrorism, with these murders frequent in the decades on either side of the turn of the 20th century. Among the numerous African Americans lynched in Carrollton was John Gibson, hanged on August 28, 1907. Pickens County had the fifth highest total of lynchings in Alabama, according to Lynching in America (2015, 3rd edition), published by the Equal Justice Initiative.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.96%) is water.
As of the 2020 census, Carrollton had a population of 1,023. The median age was 34.1 years. 24.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.6% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 110.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.0 males.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 355 households, including 218 family households. Of all households, 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 36.3% were married-couple households, 17.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 41.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.