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Barbour County, Alabama

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
20historic places
—earliest paper
1832formed
25,223pop. 2020
56cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 20 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Eufaula, Clayton, Spring Hill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alabama is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Barbour titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

15 of 20 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

20 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bray-Barron HouseEufaulaBuilding1971
Cato HouseEufaulaBuilding1971
Clayton, Henry D., House NHLClaytonBuilding1976
Drewry-Mitchell-Moorer HouseEufaulaBuilding1972
Fendall HallEufaulaBuilding1970
Grace Episcopal ChurchClaytonBuilding1995
Kendall ManorEufaulaBuilding1972
Kiels-McNab HouseEufaulaBuilding1982
Lore Historic DistrictEufaulaDistrict1973
Lore, Seth and Irwinton Historic District (Boundary Increase)EufaulaDistrict1986
McNab Bank BuildingEufaulaBuilding1971
Miller-Martin Town HouseClaytonBuilding1974
Petty-Roberts-Beatty HouseClaytonBuilding1974
Sheppard CottageEufaulaBuilding1971
Shorter MansionEufaulaBuilding1972
Sparks, Gov. Chauncy, HouseEufaulaBuilding1972
Spring Hill Methodist ChurchSpring HillBuilding1996
Tavern, TheEufaulaBuilding1970
WellbornEufaulaBuilding1971
Woodlane PlantationEufaulaBuilding2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Barbour was formed in 1832 (1832-12-18) from Pike.

BARBOUR created from PIKE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Barbour County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

35k24k12k1840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
12,02430,81233,97935,15232,06732,72228,89224,70024,75629,03825,223

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

56 cemeteries and 12 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 56 of 56 listed
NameLatLon
Academy Cemetery31.96555-85.3275
Adam Cemetery31.67669-85.68816
Adams Chapel Cemetery31.72016-85.38382
Anderson Cemetery31.6771-85.48493
Antioch Cemetery31.95297-85.12775
Bascom Cemetery31.8798-85.24516
Beauchamp Family Cemetery31.90583-85.33638
Blair Cemetery31.92646-85.38605
Carr Cemetery31.66893-85.69413
Center Ridge Cemetery31.95831-85.54862
Clayton Cemetery31.88088-85.45143
Cunningham Cemetery31.89583-85.30788
Danner Cemetery31.65752-85.69596
Dansby Cemetery31.68347-85.6821
Ephesus Cemetery31.78016-85.62661
Fairview Cemetery31.90139-85.14174
Friendship Cemetery32.0071-85.30493
Haven of Rest Cemetery31.96543-85.14798
Helms Cemetery31.68931-85.49512
Jacksonville Cemetery31.93369-85.42535
Jones Cemetery32.03154-85.22604
Magnolia Memorial Cemetery31.6282-85.49034
McGee Cemetery31.95238-85.14382
Memory Garden Cemetery31.93988-85.14243
Mount Andrew Cemetery31.97079-85.52729
Mount Gilead Cemetery32.08932-85.23938
Mount Olive Cemetery31.90949-85.43742
Mount Pleasant Cemetery31.71924-85.24072
Mount Serene Cemetery31.87951-85.33833
Mount Zion Cemetery31.75599-85.58938
New Hope Cemetery31.79352-85.35697
Old Zion Hill Cemetery32.02348-85.07076
Pea River Cemetery31.73834-85.60257
Perkins Evans Cemetery31.91068-85.33759
Pine Grove Cemetery31.88024-85.15726
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery31.88865-85.53049
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery31.87584-85.22597
Pleasant Hill Cemetery31.74255-85.23651
Pleasant View Cemetery31.80613-85.40488
Ramah Cemetery32.10638-85.39833
Saint Peter Cemetery31.70752-85.60351
Sardis Cemetery31.80085-85.16714
Sardis Cemetery31.86802-85.26326
Scotch Cemetery31.79266-85.36974
Shiloh Cemetery31.94062-85.55645
Shorte Cemetery31.88423-85.13354
Springhill Cemetery31.66723-85.45149
Sutton Cemetery31.68891-85.67641
Sykes Creek Cemetery31.68877-85.55521
Tabernacle Cemetery31.81597-85.47537
Tennell Chapel Cemetery32.01542-85.17271
Tew Cemetery31.64822-85.4398
Texasville Cemetery31.71512-85.42283
Walker Cemetery31.78735-85.35047
Warren Cemetery31.87135-85.48236
Wilkerson Cemetery31.62131-85.43843
Historical populated places — 12 of 12
NameLatLon
Big Eddy31.99044-85.13743
Black Gum Corners31.68239-85.4166
Cedar32.05404-85.10465
Coal Springs31.66128-85.66383
Cole Ridge32.12376-85.26855
Fairmount32.02599-85.33744
Fields31.89461-85.20132
Knowlton31.91072-85.26438
Laurel Grove31.97293-85.58328
Mount Olive31.93238-85.42216
Poplar Springs32.03932-85.27494
Spio31.696-85.42494

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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