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The county seat, Monroeville, is the home of two notable 20th-century authors, Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee, who were childhood neighbors. The novelist Mark Childress and journalist Cynthia Tucker are also Monroe County natives. In 1997 the Alabama Legislature designated Monroeville and Monroe County as the "Literary Capital of Alabama".
Location of Monroe County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Monroe County Planning Director Jackie Nester Jelen said the county now has 45 zoning designations for the roughly 64,000 parcels and 231,000 acres it regulates and is trying to get that number ...
Old Monroe County Courthouse, the model for the courthouse used in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird Author Harper Lee was born and raised in Monroeville. Her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird , which received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , [ 12 ] explored the fictional town of Maycomb, inspired by her hometown. [ 13 ]
Peterman is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 87 as of the 2020 census. [2] Demographics
The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
Pages in category "Monroe County, Alabama" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Buena Vista is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama. [2] The village of Buena Vista is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. Additionally, it has one other site listed, the Concord Baptist Church. [3]