Washington Alabama
Washington AlabamaWashington County is a county of the U. S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of George Washington, first President of the United States of America. As of 2000 the population was 18,097. Its county seat is Chatom. Washington County in Tombigbee District was established by proclamation of Governor Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi Territory on June 4 , 1800. Washington County is a prohibition or entirely dry county. Washington County was the birthplace of the major league baseball player Wilmer David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell (1930-1999), a Republican congressman from North Carolina from 1969-1975. HistoryWashington County in Tombigbee District was established by proclamation of Governor Winthrop Sargent of the Mississippi Territory on June 4, 1800. The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic.GeographyAccording to the U. S. Its original boundaries were the Chattahoochee River to the east, the Pearl River to the west, the 32nd. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,819 km˛ (1,089 mi˛). 2,799 km˛ (1,081 mi˛) of it is land and 20 km˛ (8 mi˛) of it (0. 72%) is water. It is the oldest county in the State of Alabama. Over two thirds of the adult men had volunteered and served in the Confederate Army as of 1863, when the CSA was petitioned by a group of elderly men not to draft them, so that they might serve as a sort of homeland militia. They stated in their petition that they were needed to protect against potential slave uprisings, inasmuch as the county was home to numerous plantations with large slave populations. WASHINGTON -- Alabama will receive a $23 million federal grant to help local |
