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Described as "bright, handsome, and marriageable" by the press, Frances Golson was the only woman delegate to the 1919 Alabama Press Association convention in Andalusia, Alabama. [7] In 1949, a fire at the Herald building did extensive damage to both the building and equipment. [8]
Elmore County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,977. [1] Its county seat is Wetumpka. [2] Its name is in honor of General John A. Elmore. [3] Elmore County is part of the Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wetumpka (US: / w ɪ ˈ t ʌ m k ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,220. [2] In the early 21st century, Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. [3] The city is considered part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Area.
Location of Elmore County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Wetumpka: Elmore County: Alabama: Broken out of jail on June 17, 1898 Arrested as potential witnesses in the robbery and arson of a William Carden and his wife's home in which $1200 ($44,000 in 2024) was stolen. In 1898 a mob of 500 stormed the county jail where Solomon Jackson, Camp Reese, Louis Spier and Jesse Thompson were being held.
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]
Category: Elmore County, Alabama. ... Wetumpka Herald; WJWZ This page was last edited on 14 June 2020, at 08:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Plantation founded by Joseph Gee, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, circa 1816 in an Alabama River bend that retains his last name to the present. It passed to his nephews upon his death. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt.