Settled near Mobile Bay by French, 1702; admitted as a State, 1819; seceded
1861; re-admitted 1868.
Area, 52,250 square miles, same as North Carolina; length, 330 miles;
average breadth, 154 miles; seacoast, about 60 miles. Inland steam
navigation about 1,500 miles; Mobile the only seaport. Number counties, 66.
Temperature at Augusta: winter, 46deg to 52deg; summer, 79deg to 83deg.
Rainfall at Huntsville, 55 inches. July the hottest month. Fruit trees
blossom February 1st to March 1st.
Montgomery, capital; pop., 16,713. Huntsville, the northern trade centre;
pop., 4,977. Selma, an important railroad centre; pop., 7,529. Mobile,
metropolis; pop., 29,132.
Number farms, 135,864. Average value per acre, cleared land, $6.53;
woodland, $4.08. Sugar product, 94 hogsheads; molasses, 795,199 gallons;
tobacco crop, 1882, 475,456 lbs.; hay, 10,882 acres, or 12,513 tons; oats,
1884, 405,830 acres, or 5,015,000 bu.; corn, 30,197,000 bu.; cotton,
661,000 bales.
Number industries, 2,070; flour and grist mills, 807; saw mills, 354. Total
capital invested, $9,668,008; value products, $13,565,504.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $3,000
Sec'y of State 1,800
Treasurer 2,150
Auditor 1,800
Attorney Gen. 1,500
Supt. Pub. Inst. 2,250
Librarian 1,500
3 R. R. Commissioners 2,000 to 3,500
Chief Justice 3,000
2 Asso. Justices 3,000
Senators, } $4 pr. day
Representatives } and 20c mileage.
3 Dist. Judges 3,500
2 Colls. Int. Rev. 2,500
16 Colls. Int. Revenue 1,000 to 1,400
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Anniston $1,400
Birmingham 2,500
Eufaula 1,800
Florence 1,200
Gadsden 1,300
Greenville 1,400
Huntsville 1,800
Marion 1,500
Mobile 3,100
Montgomery 2,700
Opelika 1,500
Selma 2,500
Talladega 1,500
Troy 1,300
Tuscaloosa 1,700
Union Springs 1,400
Uniontown 1,100
6 Postoffices 1,000
Mineral region in northeast corner, extending southwest, about 160 miles,
with average width of about 80 miles; contains three distinct coal fields,
area over 5,000 square miles, and beds, 1 to 8 feet thick; limestone,
sandstone, and iron ore near the coal.
Ranks fourth in cotton, fifth in mules and molasses, sixth in sugar,
seventh in rice and iron ore.
Population, 1,262,505: male, 622,629; female, 639,876; native, 1,252,771;
foreign, 9,734; white, 662,185; colored, 600,107; Indians, 218; slaves,
1860, 435,080.
State elections biennial, first Monday in August; congressional and
presidential, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 33;
Representatives, 100; sessions of legislature biennial, in even-numbered
years, meeting Tuesday after second Monday in November; limit of session,
50 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years.
Number of electoral votes, 10; number of voters, 262,737; colored, 118,423;
native white, 136,058; foreign white, 8,256. Indians, idiots and persons
convicted of crime excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 4; school population, 401,002; school age, 7-21.