Barbour County

county in Alabama, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_alabama Q109437
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Summary

Barbour County is a county of Alabama[1]. It draws 592 Wikipedia views per month (county of alabama category, ranking #9 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alabama[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Clayton[5]
  • Shares border with: Russell County[6], Quitman County[7], Stewart County[8], Clay County[9], Henry County[10], Dale County[11], Pike County[12], Bullock County[13]
  • Named after: James Barbour[14]
  • Commons category: Barbour County, Alabama[15]
  • Licence plate code: 6[16]
  • Inception: December 18, 1832[17]
  • Coordinate location: 31.865833333333, -85.396111111111[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Barbour County, Alabama[19]
  • Population: 27,457[20], 27,341[21], 27,301[22], 27,232[23], 27,076[24], 29,038[25], 26,489[26], 25,223[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:Barbour County, Alabama[28]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Barbour County, Alabama[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Barbour County, Alabama[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Barbour County, Alabama[31]
  • Number of households: 9322[32]
  • Native label: Barbour County[33]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107690[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Barbour County, Alabama[35]
  • Different from: Barbour County[36]
  • Area: 2343[37], 884.88[38], 2292[39]
  • Water as percent of area: 2.2[40]
  • Mean age: 40.1[41]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Barbour County, Alabama[42]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Barbour County, Alabama[43]

Why It Matters

Barbour County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1286850894
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 23d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → barbour-county
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  3. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Barbour County, Ala
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Barbour County, Alabama.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Russell County, Quitman County, Stewart County +5
    Named after → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Alabama
    Area → {'amount': '+2343'}, {'amount': '+884.88'}, {'amount': '+2292'}
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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