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Marengo County

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Marengo County, Alabama
PO Box 480715
Linden, AL 36748
Phone: (334) 295-2200
Fax: (334) 295-2254

In west-central AL, south of Tuscaloosa; organized Feb 7, 1818 (prior to statehood) from Choctaw cession. Name Origin: Commemorates Napoleon's (1769-1821) victory over the Austrian army at Marengo, Italy (Jun 14, 1800).

Area (sq mi): 982.85 (land 977.04; water 5.80). Pop per sq mi: 22.40.
Pop 2005: 21,879. State rank: 47. Pop change: 2000-20005 -2.90%; 1990-2000 -2.40%. Pop 2000: 22,539 (White 46.90%; Black or African American 51.70%; Hispanic or Latino 1.00%; Asian 0.20%; Other 0.90%). Foreign born: 0.70%. Median age: 36.40.
Income 2000: per capita $15,308; median household $27,025; Pop below poverty level: 25.90%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $21,304-$24,188.
Unemployment 2004: 6.20%. Change from 2000: 0.90%. Median travel time to work: 25.50 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 29.20%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.


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Marengo County 1 N Linden 28 1743CST A few trees were blown down along US-43, near Linden.
In a separate work, Ruffin (1852) wrote on the soils of Alabama and says that "A [soil] specimen of the very rich 'cane brake' lands in Marengo County, Alabama, contained sixteen per cent of carbonate of lime.
2000 ACHIEVE 100 RECIPIENTS SCHOOL CITY/STATE Bessemer Center for Technology Bessemer, Alabama Birmingham Board of Education Birmingham, Alabama Cherokee Country Careers & Technology Center Centre, Alabama Winston County Technical Center Double Springs, Alabama Flomaton High School Flomaton, Alabama Walker County Center of Technology Jasper, Alabama Marengo County Technology Center Linden, Alabama Ozarka Technical College Melbourne, Arkansas Mesa Unified School District-Vocational Tech.
 
 
 
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