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'''Jeff Davis County''' was a proposed new county to be split off from the [[Bessemer cut-off|western portion]] of [[Jefferson County]], with [[Bessemer]] as its seat. | '''Jeff Davis County''' was a proposed new county to be split off from the [[Bessemer cut-off|western portion]] of [[Jefferson County]], with [[Bessemer]] as its seat. | ||
The proposal was voiced during construction of the new $175,000 [[Jefferson County Courthouse Bessemer Division]], which was begun before [[World War I]] and completed in [[1920]]. | The proposal was voiced during construction of the new $175,000 [[Jefferson County Courthouse Bessemer Division]], which was begun before [[World War I]] and completed in [[1920]]. The idea never gained popular support and was abandoned. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:38, 5 May 2015
Jeff Davis County was a proposed new county to be split off from the western portion of Jefferson County, with Bessemer as its seat.
The proposal was voiced during construction of the new $175,000 Jefferson County Courthouse Bessemer Division, which was begun before World War I and completed in 1920. The idea never gained popular support and was abandoned.
References
- Cruikshank, George H. (1920) History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests 2 volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company. - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections