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East Brewton is located in east-central Escambia County at (31.092408, -87.053174 It is bordered to the northwest by the city of Brewton, across Murder Creek.. U.S. Route 29 and Alabama State Route 41 pass through the center of East Brewton as Forrest Avenue and lead northwest into the center of Brewton.
Brewton was established as a town on February 13, 1885. The state legislature designated the town as the seat of Escambia County, Alabama. Brewton was known in past times as "the richest little town in the South." Brewton's high per capita income was based on the profits enjoyed by a small number of "timber barons."
The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [ 4 ] For legislative purposes, municipalities are divided into eight classes based on the municipality's population, as certified by the 1970 federal ...
Its county seat is Brewton. [2] Escambia County is coextensive with the Atmore, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area; which is itself a constituent part of the larger Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL-AL Combined Statistical Area. [3] The county is the base of the state's only federally recognized Native American tribe, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians ...
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Part of the East Commerce Street Historic District (NRHP). [1] Calhoun County Courthouse: Anniston, Calhoun County: 1900 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Chambers County Courthouse: LaFayette, Chambers County
Judge David Darden retired earlier this year, with Judge Eric Brewton, already a State Court judge, shifting over to fill his place. Palmer takes up Brewton's spot in the court's Division Two ...
East Brewton, Alabama in United States Fort Crawford (located in the center) as portrayed in Henry Schenck Tanner 's 1830 The Traveler's Pocket Map of Alabama . Fort Crawford