Abbeville, Alabama Historic Downtown Abbeville, Alabama Historic Downtown Abbeville, Alabama Location in Henry County and the state of Alabama Location in Henry County and the state of Alabama Abbeville is positioned in the US Abbeville - Abbeville Abbeville is a town/city in Henry County, Alabama, United States.
At the 2010 census, the populace was 2,688. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Henry County.
It is the first town/city alphabetically, both by town/city and state, in the Rand Mc - Nally Road Atlas.
It is home to two high schools: Abbeville High School and Abbeville Christian Academy.
Abbeville is positioned at 31 33 59 N 85 15 5 WCoordinates: 31 33 59 N 85 15 5 W (31.566367, -85.251300). The town/city is positioned in southeastern Alabama along U.S.
Route 431, Alabama State Route 10, and Alabama State Route 27 approximately 25 mi (40 km) northeast of Dothan and 23 mi (37 km) south-southwest of Eufaula.
Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.6 square miles (40 km2), of which 15.6 square miles (40 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.32%) is water.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Abbeville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Abbeville is the earliest remaining colonial settlement in East Alabama from Florida to the Tennessee line.
Its older than the county of Henry and the State of Alabama.
An active trading post was positioned in Abbeville in Alabama Territory early in 1819.
The first settler gateway to the wiregrass was at Franklin positioned fourteen miles west of Abbeville.
He was then removed from the Henry County jail and lynched by a mob of white men, his body found "bullet marked" and "swinging from a tree." None of the members of the mob were charged with a crime. A case did appear in front of the Alabama Supreme Court over impeaching the sheriff who was supposed to have been protecting Johnson.
In 1950 Abbeville had a populace of 2,162. There were 1,353 housing units at an average density of 86.9 per square mile (33.6/km ).
There were 1,172 homeholds out of which 27.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 17.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $23,266, and the median income for a family was $37,917.
About 17.3% of families and 21.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.1% of those under age 18 and 29.6% of those age 65 or over.
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,688 citizens , 1,077 homeholds, and 699 families residing in the city.
There were 1,255 housing units at an average density of 80.4 per square mile (31.1/km ).
There were 1,077 homeholds out of which 24.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,533, and the median income for a family was $39,167.
About 16.2% of families and 18.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.2% of those under age 18 and 17.8% of those age 65 or over.
Abbeville is a part of the Henry County Public Schools system.
Recy Taylor, an black woman whose gang-rape in Abbeville by six white men provided an early organizational spark for the nationwide Civil Rights Movement. The Henry County Courthouse is positioned in Abbeville.
Abbeville City Hall and Police Department The Archie Theatre was first opened in Abbeville on July 1, 1948.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Abbeville city, Alabama".
Climate Summary for Abbeville, Alabama "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
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