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Bullock County Location

The map to the right shows the location of Bullock County within the State of Alabama.

Bullock County is located in southeastern Alabama within the Black Belt Prairie land region. The Conecuh River runs north to south through the center of the county. The Pea River runs north to south along the eastern border of the county.

Bullock County was established December 5, 1866 by an Act of the Alabama legislature. It was created from parts of Macon, Pike, Montgomery, and Barbour counties.

Created during the turbulent period of reconstruction after the Civil War, the county was named for Alabama native and Confederate colonel Edwin C. Bullock.

Union Springs, in the north central part of the county, serves as the county seat.

Major roads and towns
Bullock County Map

Sources...

"Alabama Counties: Bullock County." Alabama Department of Archives and History. State of Alabama, 19 Nov 2009. Web. 9 Jan 2014. <http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/butler.html>.

Morton, Patricia Hoskins. "Alabama Counties: Bullock County." Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation, 26 Mar 2013. Web. 5 Jan 2014. <http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1073>.

"State & County QuickFacts." United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Web. 3 Jan 2014.

Additional Information

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Bullock County history page: Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Bullock County: The Encyclopedia of Alabama TM & © 2013. Alabama Humanities Foundation. All Rights Reserved. A service of Auburn University, The University of Alabama, and Alabama State Dept. of Education.

Map: Bullock County's major roads and towns.: Prepared by the Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama.

General Highway Map: Bullock County, Alabama : Prepared by the Alabama Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Planning, Surveying and Mapping Division in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Bullock County, Alabama Genealogical Information: The USGenWeb Project: Keeping Internet Genealogy Free.

Bullock County, Alabama: United States Census Bureau: State & County QuickFacts.

Union Springs: The Encyclopedia of Alabama TM & © 2013. Alabama Humanities Foundation. All Rights Reserved. A service of Auburn University, The University of Alabama, and Alabama State Dept. of Education.

Union Springs, Alabama: Official tourism site of Union Springs, the serendipity center of the South.

Alabama County Web Sites: State of Alabama: Alabama Directory.

Alabama County Selection Map: United States Census Bureau: State & County QuickFacts.

Alabama County Map with County Seat Cities: Geology.com.

Maps of Alabama Counties: University of Alabama: Alabama Maps.

Alabama Counties from Amazon.com

The Heritage of
Bullock County, Alabama

The Heritage of Bullock County, Alabama , compiled by the Bullock County Heritage Book Committee. 390 pages. Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants; Limited 1st Edition.

Contents: History of Bullock County -- Union Springs -- Midway -- Communities -- Churches and cemeteries -- Military -- Homes and houses -- Hunting and fishing -- Businesses -- Education -- Clubs and organizations -- Families -- Tributes, memorials, and business histories.

Conecuh People
Wade Hall

Conecuh People: Words Of Life From The Alabama Black Belt, by Wade Hall. 99 pages. Publisher: New South Inc; 2 edition (July 30, 2006)

This volume is an intimate collection of oral history interviews that captures the lives of the people who were once the backbone of the rural South, in this case from Bullock County, Alabama. The interviews are elevated to art by the skill of the interviewer/author, a native, who left the area after high school and became a college professor and well-known author in Kentucky but always maintained his roots in the community where he grew up.