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Lee County (other)
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Lee County is the name of twelve counties in the United States: * Lee County, Alabama * Lee County, Arkansas * Lee County, Florida * Lee County, Georgia * Lee County, Illinois * Lee County, Iowa * Lee County, Kentucky * Lee County, Mississippi * Lee County, North Carolina * Lee County, South Carolina * Lee County, Texas * Lee County, Virginia Lee County is the westernmost county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,173. Its county seat is Jonesville. History The area of far western Virginia and eastern Kentucky supported large Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Alabama
Lee County is a County (United States), county located in east central Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 174,241. The county seat is Opelika, Alabama, Opelika, and the largest city is Auburn, Alabama, Auburn. The county was established in 1866 and is named for Four-star rank, General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865. Lee County comprises the Auburn-Opelika, AL Auburn, Alabama metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Columbus, Georgia, Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, Georgia (U.S. state), GA-AL Greater Columbus, Georgia, Combined Statistical Area. History 19th century Lee County was established by the Alabama State Legislature, State Legislature on December 5, 1866, comprising parts of Macon County, Alabama, Macon, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Tallapoosa, Chambers County, Alabama, Chambers, and Russell County, Alabama, Russell counties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Arkansas
Lee County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. With its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River, it is considered to be part of the Arkansas Delta. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 8,600. The county seat is Marianna, Arkansas, Marianna. The county was established by the state legislature on April 17, 1873, during the Reconstruction era. It was named for Four-star rank, General Robert E. Lee, who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. History The area of the Delta was developed largely for cotton as a commodity crop before the Civil War, based on the labor of enslaved African Americans. It continued as an important crop into the 20th century, when it was worked by African-American sharecroppers and tenant farmers. In the post-Reconstruction era, whites struggled to re-establish white supremacy, by violence and intimidation of black Republica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Florida
Lee County is located in southwestern Florida, United States, on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760,822. In 2022, the population was 822,453, making it the eighth-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Fort Myers, with a population of 86,395 as of the 2020 census, and the largest city is Cape Coral, with an estimated 2020 population of 194,016. The county comprises the Cape Coral–Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA), which, along with the Naples- Marco Island ( Collier County) MSA and the Clewiston ( Hendry County, Glades County) Micropolitan Statistical Area ( μSA), is included in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples Combined Statistical Area ( CSA). Lee County was established in 1887 from Monroe County. Fort Myers is the county seat and a center of tourism in Southwest Florida. It is about south of Tampa at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Georgia
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,163. The county was established in 1825 and its county seat is Leesburg. Lee County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area. History The land for Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and Carroll counties was ceded by the Creek people in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The counties' boundaries were created by the Georgia General Assembly on June 9, but they were not named until December 14, 1826. The county was named in honor of Henry Lee III, popularly known as "Light-Horse Harry," the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. On January 29, 1916, five African American men were lynched; they were taken from the Worth county jail and hanged, their bodies riddled with bullets. The Leesburg Stockade occurred in Lee County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. Most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Illinois
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,145. Its county seat is Dixon. The Dixon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Lee County. History The area's first non-native settlers were mostly from the six New England states. The early nineteenth century saw a wave of westward movement from New England, due largely to completion of the Erie Canal and the end of the Black Hawk War. The area that included present-day Lee County was delineated as St. Clair County in 1809. In 1823, a large section of northern St. Clair County was partitioned off as Fulton County. In 1825, the northwestern portion of that county was partitioned off as Putnam County. In 1831, the area was further partitioned into Jo Daviess County. A section of that county was partitioned off in 1836 as Ogle County, and in 1839 the bottom half of Ogle County was split off as Lee County. It is largely understood that the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Iowa
Lee County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,555. The county seats are Fort Madison and Keokuk: It is the only county in Iowa with more than one county seat. Lee County is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA– IL– MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was established in 1836. History Fort Madison dates to the War of 1812. Lee County was the location of the Half-Breed Tract, established by treaty in 1824. Allocations of land were made to American Indian descendants of European fathers and Indian mothers at this tract. Originally the land was to be held in common. Some who had an allocation lived in cities, where they hoped to make better livings. Lee County as a named entity was formed on December 7, 1836, under the jurisdiction of Wisconsin Territory. It would become a part of Iowa Territory when it was formed on July 4, 1838. Large-scale European-American settlement in the area began in 1839, after Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Kentucky
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,395. Its county seat is Beattyville. The county was formed in 1870 from parts of Breathitt, Estill, Owsley and Wolfe counties. The county was named for Robert E. Lee. The area of Kentucky where Lee County is located was a pro-union region of Kentucky but the legislature that created the county was controlled by former Confederates. The town of Proctor, named for the Rev. Joseph Proctor, was the first county seat. The first court was held on April 25, 1870, in the old Howerton House. The local economy at the time included coal mining, salt gathering, timber operations, and various commercial operations. It had a U.S. post office from 1843 until 1918. The county seat, Beattyville, was first known as Taylor's Landing, as it was a ferry landing on the Kentucky River. It was renamed to Beatty in 1850 after early settler Samuel Beatty. The town incorporated in 1872 as Beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Mississippi
Lee County is a county in U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 83,343. Its county seat is Tupelo. Lee County is included in the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Lee County was established by the Mississippi Legislature on October 26, 1866, and named for General Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. It was formed from Itawamba and Pontotoc counties; therefore, the record and list of early settlers mentioned in those counties embrace a great number who were residents of what is present day Lee County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 22 * U.S. Highway 45 * U.S. Highway 78 * U.S. Route 278 * Natchez Trace Parkway * Mississippi Highway 6 * Mississippi Highway 145 * Mississippi Highway 178 * Mississippi Highway 363 * Mississippi Highway 245 * Mississippi Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, North Carolina
Lee County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 63,285. The county seat is Sanford, North Carolina, Sanford. Lee County comprises the Sanford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Durham-Cary, North Carolina, Cary, NC Research Triangle, Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023. History The nature of Native American habitation of the land eventually comprising Lee County is not well known. People of European and African descent settled in the area in the 1740s and 1750s. In the 1850s, the state's first commercial coal mine opened in the community of Cumnock, North Carolina, Egypt. During the American Civil War, the area supplied coal and iron to the forces of the Confederate States of America. In 1907, residents of the city of Sanford of Moore County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, South Carolina
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,531, making it the fifth-least populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Bishopville. History The county is named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee. A previous incarnation of Lee County was established in 1898, but was negated by the State Supreme Court in 1899. The current Lee County formed on February 25, 1902, from Darlington, Kershaw, and Sumter counties. Minor boundary changes were made in 1914 ( to Sumter), in 1921 ( to Kershaw), and in 1925 ( from Kershaw). Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.26%) is water. State and local protected areas * Lee State Natural Area * Longleaf Pine Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area * Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area * Mary McLeod Bethune Birthplace Major water bodies * Black River * Lync ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee County, Texas
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,478. Its county seat is Giddings. The county was founded in 1874 and is named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The county has many Confederate memorials and monuments to the Confederate States of America. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (0.8%) are covered by water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 77 * U.S. Highway 290 * State Highway 21 Adjacent counties * Milam County (north) * Burleson County (northeast) * Washington County (east) * Fayette County (southeast) * Bastrop County (southwest) * Williamson County (northwest) Demographics As of the census of 2000, 15,657 people, 5,663 households, and 4,150 families were residing in the county. The population density was . The 6,851 housing units had an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 76.59% White, 12.08% African American, 0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
