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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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Government involvement was the culprit in one of the cases highlighted in the AP series involving the Williams family of Sweet Water in Marengo County, AL, who fought a court battle in 1964 over a pair of 40-acre plots which state officials claim was not the Williams' property because of a 1906 federal designation as swampland.
 
 
 
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