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The racial makeup of the city was 53.09% White, 44.84% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [8]
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".
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She was the first woman to serve on the Monroeville City Planning Commission, the first woman to chair the West Florida Council on Ministries in the Methodist Church, the first woman to chair the board of directors of the United Methodist Children's Home, and a charter member of the Alabama/West Florida United Methodist Foundation board of ...
The Monroe Journal is the oldest and the longest-running newspaper in Monroe County, Alabama. [1] The paper was founded in 1866 in Clairborne. It moved to Monroeville sometime after its 1867 sale by L. M. Brewer. [2] [3] It was purchased by Q. Salter in 1887, when he was just 20 years old. [4] It would remain in the Salter Family for 64 years. [5]
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]
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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 ...