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Marengo County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 6, 1818
- Named after
- Battle of Marengo
- Seat
- Linden
- Largest city
- Demopolis
- Total
- 983 sq mi (2,550 km )
- Land
- 977 sq mi (2,530 km )
- Water
- 5.8 sq mi (15 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,311
- Density
- 19.8/sq mi (7.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- marengocountyal .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Battle of Marengo
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alabama
- Capital
- Linden
- Population
- 19323
- Area
- 2546
- Shares border with
- Sumter County
- Official website
- marengocountyal.com
- Image
- Marengo Alabama Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7499
- Licence plate code
- 48
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- Commons category
- Marengo County, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Marengo County, Alabama
- inception
- 1818-02-06
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marengo County, Alabama
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Marengo County, Alabama
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Marengo County
- per capita income
- 27975
- mean age
- 41.8
- topic has template
- Template:Marengo County, Alabama
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Encyclopedic overview
Marengo County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,323. The largest city is Demopolis, and the county seat is Linden. It is named in honor of the Battle of Marengo near Turin, Italy, where French leader Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians on June 14, 1800.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marengo County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.