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Dallas County
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county in Alabama, United States
Dallas County is a county located in Alabama in the United States. It is historically significant as the location of Selma, a key site of the Civil Rights Movement and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 9, 1818
- Named after
- Alexander J. Dallas
- Seat
- Selma
- Largest city
- Selma
- Total
- 994 sq mi (2,570 km )
- Land
- 979 sq mi (2,540 km )
- Water
- 15 sq mi (39 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 35,140
- Density
- 39.3/sq mi (15.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .dallascounty-al .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home | County of Dallas, AL
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Alexander J. Dallas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alabama
- Capital
- Selma
- Population
- 38462
- Area
- 2573
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Official website
- www.dallascounty-al.org
- Image
- Dallas County Courthouse Selma Alabama 001.jpg
- Households
- 15409
- Licence plate code
- 27
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- Commons category
- Dallas County, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Dallas County, Alabama
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dallas County, Alabama
- inception
- 1818-02-09
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Dallas County, Alabama
- different from
- Dallas County
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Dallas County
- per capita income
- 19653
- mean age
- 39.6
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Encyclopedic overview
Dallas County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 38,462. The county seat is Selma. Its name is in honor of United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, who served from 1814 to 1816.
Dallas County comprises the Selma, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dallas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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