Livingston, Alabama Livingston, Alabama The Sumter County Courthouse in Livingston, Alabama The Sumter County Courthouse in Livingston, Alabama Location in Sumter County and the state of Alabama Location in Sumter County and the state of Alabama State Alabama Livingston is a town/city in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.
By an act of the state legislature, it was incorporated on January 10, 1835. At the 2010 census the populace was 3,485, up from 3,297 in 2000.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of Sumter County. It was titled in honor of Edward Livingston, of the Livingston family of New York. Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.2 square miles (19 km2), of which 7.1 square miles (18 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.11%) is water.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 3,485 citizens residing in the city.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,297 citizens , 1,368 homeholds, and 731 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 60.78% Black or African American, 37.82% White or Caucasian, 0.18% Asian, 0.15% Native American, 0.30% from other competitions, and 0.76% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 23.7% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% over the age of 65.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $13,516, and the median income for a family was $22,500.
About 39.4% of families and 46.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 53.4% of those under age 18 and 26.0% of those aged 65 years or more.
The region now known as Livingston was part of the traditional territory of the country of Choctaw Indians until the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830.
Livingston was titled after a well-known statesman and jurist of the day, Edward Livingston. Livingston was chosen as the county seat.
Soon followed the first newspaper, The Voice of Sumter; four schools (including Livingston Female Academy, now The University of West Alabama), the courthouse, and the Bored Well.
It was also the site of the Alabama Normal School, which advanced from the Livingston Female Academy and was established to train teachers for the enhance school fitness established during the Reconstruction era.
Reflecting its expanding programs and level of curriculum, the name of the college was later changed to the State Teachers College, then to Livingston State College, Livingston University and finally to The University of West Alabama.
Livingston continued as the sleepy governmental center of county of a mainly non-urban county, with a declining population.
In 1972 Livingston was titled a finalist in the "All American Cities Competition", sponsored by The Saturday Evening Post.
Livingston has a number of historic sites and properties.
Lakewood (1840) is a historic antebellum mansion occupied by Julia Tutwiler while she was president of Livingston Normal College. The Sumter County Courthouse (1902) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, the Branch-Stuart Home (1903), Inge-Moon House (1834), St.
City of Livingston.
"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".
The Alabama Catalog: A Guide to the Early Architecture of the State.
"The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage".
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