Perry County, Alabama
| Perry County, Alabama | |
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Perry County courthouse in Marion
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 Location in the U.S. state of Alabama |
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 Alabama's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | December 13, 1819 |
| Named for | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Seat | Marion |
| Largest city | Marion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 724 sq mi (1,875 km2) |
| • Land | 720 sq mi (1,865 km2) |
| • Water | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2), 0.6% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 9,652 |
| • Density | 15/sq mi (6/km²) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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Perry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,591. Its county seat is Marion. The county was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy.
The Perry County town of Marion was the site of a 1965 killing of an unarmed black man, Jimmie Lee Jackson, by a white state trooper, James Bonard Fowler, which sparked the Selma to Montgomery marches. In 2008, the county voted to establish a Barack Obama Day, a legal holiday, every second Monday of November.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 724 square miles (1,880 km2), of which 720 square miles (1,900 km2) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km2) (0.6%) is water.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 10,591 people residing in the county. 68.7% were Black or African American, 30.3% White, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% of some other race and 0.4% of two or more races. 1.1% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
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