Lowndes County, Alabama, United States

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Lowndes County, Alabama, United States is a rural county in the state's Black Belt region known for its significant role in African American history and the civil rights movement.

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Label Occurrences
Lowndes County, Alabama, United States canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Autauga County, Alabama ⓘ
Butler County, Alabama ⓘ
Crenshaw County, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Crenshaw County

Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Montgomery County, Alabama ⓘ
Wilcox County, Alabama ⓘ
contains Benton, Alabama ⓘ
Fort Deposit, Alabama ⓘ
Hayneville, Alabama ⓘ
Lowndes Interpretive Center ⓘ
Lowndesboro, Alabama ⓘ
Mosses, Alabama ⓘ
White Hall, Alabama ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formedIn 19th century ⓘ
governmentType county commission ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic predominantly rural landscape ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat Hayneville, Alabama ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic majority-Black population ⓘ
hasEconomicChallenges high poverty rate ⓘ
hasFeatureCode county ⓘ
hasFIPSCode 01085 ⓘ
hasGNISID 0121255 ⓘ
hasHistoricRegion plantation belt of the Deep South ⓘ
hasLargestCity Fort Deposit, Alabama ⓘ
hasNotableTheme racial justice history ⓘ
hasPostalAbbreviationState AL ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
hasSignificantPopulationGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
historicallyDependentOn cotton agriculture ⓘ
interpretiveCenterCommemorates Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail ⓘ
isPartOf state of Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Alabama
isPartOfRegion Black Belt of the American South ⓘ
linked to: Deep South
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor African American history ⓘ
role in the civil rights movement ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Black Belt region of Alabama ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Alabama River ⓘ
U.S. Route 80 ⓘ
namedAfter William Lowndes ⓘ
partOf Montgomery metropolitan area ⓘ
wasSiteOf Selma to Montgomery marches corridor ⓘ
voting rights activism in the 1960s ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

E. D. Nixon → placeOfBirth → Lowndes County, Alabama, United States ⓘ
Jonathan M. Daniels → placeOfActivism → Lowndes County, Alabama, United States ⓘ