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Randolph County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- December 18, 1832
- Named after
- John Randolph of Roanoke
- Seat
- Wedowee
- Largest city
- Roanoke
- Total
- 584 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Land
- 581 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 3.6 sq mi (9.3 km ) 0.56%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,163
- Density
- 37.8/sq mi (14.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- randolphcountyal .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Randolph of Roanoke
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alabama
- Capital
- Wedowee
- Population
- 21967
- Area
- 1513
- Elevation
- 283
- Shares border with
- Troup County
- Official website
- randolphcountyalabama.gov
- Image
- Randolph County Alabama Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 8655
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- Commons category
- Randolph County, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Randolph County, Alabama
- inception
- 1832-12-18
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Randolph County, Alabama
- different from
- Randolph County
- water as percent of area
- 0.56
- native label
- Randolph County
- per capita income
- 24744
- mean age
- 43.6
- topic has template
- Template:Randolph County, Alabama
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Encyclopedic overview
Randolph County is a county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,967. Its county seat is Wedowee. Its name is in honor of John Randolph, a member of the United States Senate from Virginia. Randolph County was a prohibition or dry county until 2012, when the citizens of Randolph County voted to repeal prohibition.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Randolph County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.