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'''Newbern''' is a town in [[Hale County, Alabama|Hale County]], [[Alabama]], United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 133.
'''Newbern''' is a town in [[Hale County, Alabama|Hale County]], [[Alabama]], United States.<ref name="gnis"/> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the town was 133.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Newbern, Alabama in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Newbern_town,_Alabama?g=160XX00US0153784 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724041408/https://data.census.gov/profile/Newbern_town,_Alabama?g=160XX00US0153784 |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The area was originally known as Cane Brake due to the large number of [[canebrake]]s in the area. The earliest known settler came to the area in 1816. The first grist mill was built in 1818, and the first store in 1829.<ref name="history">{{Cite news |last=Kaetz |first=James |date=March 27, 2023 |title=Newbern |work=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]] |url=https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/newbern/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515194738/https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/web/20240515194738/https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/newbern/ |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>
The community was named for [[New Bern, North Carolina]]. It incorporated in 1854.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://billmackey.com/address.php?property_ID=592 |title=For Demopolis Alabama real estate, Sumter County Alabama real estate, and Hale County Alabama properties, go to the expert: Bill Mackey Real Estate |website=billmackey.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723195148/http://billmackey.com/address.php?property_ID=592 |archive-date=23 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

F.A. Borden built the first post office in 1832, and became the first postmaster. Two of Borden's brothers came from North Carolina in 1834, and bought most of the land in the area. They organized a town named after [[New Bern, North Carolina]]. It incorporated in 1854. A railway running from [[Uniontown, Alabama|Uniontown]] to Newbern started operation in 1859.<ref name="history" />

The [[9th Alabama Infantry Regiment]] was organized in the town in November 1861, to fight in the [[American Civil War]]. People from the town also fought in the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twentieth regiments. The town's economy was centered around [[sharecropping]] until the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="history" />

The [[Rural Studio]] of [[Auburn University]] was created in 1993.<ref name="history" />

===Mayoral dispute===
Patrick Braxton was the only person to file to run in the 2020 mayoral election, with incumbent mayor Woody Stokes III failing to file. Jude Arthur Crawford, the election official for [[Hale County, Alabama|Hale County]], informed Braxton that he won by default and would need to appoint a city council due to there being no candidates in the local elections. Braxton was the first black mayor and appointed the first majority black council in the town's history. Braxton received the key to town hall from Stokes, but all of the records had been removed from the building.<ref name="lock">{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Adria |date=August 26, 2023 |title=He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515192948/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>

Braxton changed the locks to the building as Stokes gave keys out to friends. However, Stokes changed the locks and locked Braxton and the city council out of the town hall. Stokes and his allies refused to acknowledge Braxton as mayor and restricted his access to city mail and funds.<ref name="lock" />

Before Braxton was sworn in as mayor, Stokes and the city council held a secret meeting in which they held a special election and declared themselves the winners by default ten days later. No notice of the election was published. Stokes claims that they were "attempting to rectify a decades-old mistake by holding a special election". This council held meetings without Braxton's knowledge and removed him as mayor and appointed Stokes to replace him.<ref name="lock" />

Braxton and his city council filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in November 2022, stating that Stokes and his allies were conspiring to prevent him from governing the town due to his race. Braxton and his allies requested a special election to occur alongside the 2024 presidential election, but Judge [[Kristi DuBose]] ruled against them although she stated that they were "likely to succeed on the merits of their constitutional claim". A bench trial is scheduled for September.<ref name="lock" /><ref name="lock2">{{Cite news |last=Hedgepeth |first=Lee |date=June 5, 2023 |title=He became the first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama. A white minority locked him out of town hall. |work=Tread |url=https://www.treadbylee.com/p/he-became-the-first-black-mayor-of |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510060248/https://www.treadbylee.com/p/he-became-the-first-black-mayor-of |archive-date=2024-05-10 |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Koplowitz |first=Howard |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Newbern, Alabama’s first Black mayor denied special election in lawsuit over whites locking him out |work=[[List of Advance subsidiaries|AL.com]] |url=https://www.al.com/politics/2024/05/newbern-alabamas-first-black-mayor-denied-special-election-in-lawsuit-over-whites-locking-him-out.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517163507/https://www.al.com/politics/2024/05/newbern-alabamas-first-black-mayor-denied-special-election-in-lawsuit-over-whites-locking-him-out.html|archive-date=2024-05-17 |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>


Elections were not held in the town for decades and Stokes' lawyers stated that they had not occurred for 60 years. They stated that the mayoralty "has simply been passed from individual to individual to anyone who would agree to be Mayor without regard to elections".<ref name="lock2" />
The [[Rural Studio]] of [[Auburn University]] is based in Newbern; its architecture student practitioners work under the supervision of faculty on designing and building affordable housing and similar projects to support the population of rural areas in Alabama.


On June 21, 2024, a settlement was reached in which Braxton would return to his mayoral duties.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/newbern-alabama-first-black-mayor-settlement-6a158105e703b8fe462afeb6b16a6a2c |title=Alabama town's first Black mayor, who had been locked out of office, will return under settlement |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=25 June 2024 |website= |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 June 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
In 2020, a controversy arose as the only candidate to file for the mayoral election — Patrick Braxton — was obstructed from assuming office by the previous officeholder (Woody Stokes III) and the town council. It is alleged that a proper election has not been held in Newbern in decades, with the mayorship being passed from "one friend to another". As of June 2023, Stokes remains the acting mayor, with Braxton unable to carry out any duties. In response, Braxton filed a federal civil rights suit, arguing that the actions of the town council constitute racial disenfranchisement. This is further compounded by the fact that despite being a majority black town, executive offices in Newbern have historically been exclusively held by white people.<ref name="2020ElectionControversy">{{cite web|title=He became the first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama. A white minority locked him out of town hall.|url=https://www.treadbylee.com/p/he-became-the-first-black-mayor-of|publisher=Tread|accessdate=June 17, 2023}}</ref>


==Geography==
==Geography==
Newbern is located at {{Coord|32|35|41|N|87|32|8|W|type:city}} (32.594818, -87.535431).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
Newbern is located at {{Coord|32|35|41|N|87|32|8|W|type:city}} (32.594818, -87.535431).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>


According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.
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===2000 census===
===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 231 people, 91 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|198.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 110 housing units at an average density of {{convert|94.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 22.94% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 77.06% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]].
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 231 people, 91 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|198.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 110 housing units at an average density of {{convert|94.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 22.94% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 77.06% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]].


There were 91 households, out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.28.
There were 91 households, out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.28.
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The median income for a household in the town was $20,682, and the median income for a family was $31,042. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $11,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $9,476. About 17.5% of families and 31.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 40.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 33.3% of those 65 or over.
The median income for a household in the town was $20,682, and the median income for a family was $31,042. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $11,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $9,476. About 17.5% of families and 31.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 40.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 33.3% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
All residents in the county are in the [[Hale County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01065_hale/DC20SD_C01065.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hale County, AL|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-29}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st01_al/schooldistrict_maps/c01065_hale/DC20SD_C01065_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
*[[Frank Allen (baseball)|Frank Allen]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[Frank Allen (baseball)|Frank Allen]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[Henry Watson Jr.]], owned a cotton plantation in Newbern<ref name="hubbs">G. Ward Hubbs, ''Guarding Greensboro: A Confederate Company in the Making of a Southern Community'', Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2003, pp. 68–69 [https://books.google.com/books?id=YeJQv1K3YbIC&dq=Sophia+Peck+Watson&pg=PA69]</ref>
*[[Anthony Bryant (American football)|Anthony Bryant]], former NFL player
*[[Herbert Jones (basketball)|Herb Jones]], NBA player
*[[Henry Watson, Jr.]], owned a cotton plantation in Newbern<ref name="hubbs">G. Ward Hubbs, ''Guarding Greensboro: A Confederate Company in the Making of a Southern Community'', Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2003, pp. 68–69 [https://books.google.com/books?id=YeJQv1K3YbIC&dq=Sophia+Peck+Watson&pg=PA69]</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Latest revision as of 07:14, 22 September 2024

Newbern, Alabama
Town
Location within Hale County and Alabama
Location within Hale County and Alabama
Coordinates: 32°35′41″N 87°32′8″W / 32.59472°N 87.53556°W / 32.59472; -87.53556[1]
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyHale
Incorporated1854
Named forNew Bern, North Carolina
Government
 • Mayor
  • Patrick Braxton
Area
[2]
 • Total
1.16 sq mi (3.02 km2)
 • Land1.16 sq mi (3.01 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[1]
187 ft (57 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
133
 • Density114.46/sq mi (44.18/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
36765
Area code334
FIPS code01-53784
GNIS ID152687 [1]

Newbern is a town in Hale County, Alabama, United States.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 133.[3]

History

[edit]

The area was originally known as Cane Brake due to the large number of canebrakes in the area. The earliest known settler came to the area in 1816. The first grist mill was built in 1818, and the first store in 1829.[4]

F.A. Borden built the first post office in 1832, and became the first postmaster. Two of Borden's brothers came from North Carolina in 1834, and bought most of the land in the area. They organized a town named after New Bern, North Carolina. It incorporated in 1854. A railway running from Uniontown to Newbern started operation in 1859.[4]

The 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized in the town in November 1861, to fight in the American Civil War. People from the town also fought in the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twentieth regiments. The town's economy was centered around sharecropping until the Great Depression.[4]

The Rural Studio of Auburn University was created in 1993.[4]

Mayoral dispute

[edit]

Patrick Braxton was the only person to file to run in the 2020 mayoral election, with incumbent mayor Woody Stokes III failing to file. Jude Arthur Crawford, the election official for Hale County, informed Braxton that he won by default and would need to appoint a city council due to there being no candidates in the local elections. Braxton was the first black mayor and appointed the first majority black council in the town's history. Braxton received the key to town hall from Stokes, but all of the records had been removed from the building.[5]

Braxton changed the locks to the building as Stokes gave keys out to friends. However, Stokes changed the locks and locked Braxton and the city council out of the town hall. Stokes and his allies refused to acknowledge Braxton as mayor and restricted his access to city mail and funds.[5]

Before Braxton was sworn in as mayor, Stokes and the city council held a secret meeting in which they held a special election and declared themselves the winners by default ten days later. No notice of the election was published. Stokes claims that they were "attempting to rectify a decades-old mistake by holding a special election". This council held meetings without Braxton's knowledge and removed him as mayor and appointed Stokes to replace him.[5]

Braxton and his city council filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in November 2022, stating that Stokes and his allies were conspiring to prevent him from governing the town due to his race. Braxton and his allies requested a special election to occur alongside the 2024 presidential election, but Judge Kristi DuBose ruled against them although she stated that they were "likely to succeed on the merits of their constitutional claim". A bench trial is scheduled for September.[5][6][7]

Elections were not held in the town for decades and Stokes' lawyers stated that they had not occurred for 60 years. They stated that the mayoralty "has simply been passed from individual to individual to anyone who would agree to be Mayor without regard to elections".[6]

On June 21, 2024, a settlement was reached in which Braxton would return to his mayoral duties.[8]

Geography

[edit]

Newbern is located at 32°35′41″N 87°32′8″W / 32.59472°N 87.53556°W / 32.59472; -87.53556 (32.594818, -87.535431).[9]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

The town is located in the geographic region known as the Black Belt, related to the fertile soil which attracted developers of cotton plantations in the antebellum years, and also to the population of enslaved African Americans who worked at those sites. Many areas of the rural Black Belt are still majority African American in population.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880454—
1900564—
1910515−8.7%
1920438−15.0%
1930389−11.2%
1940388−0.3%
1950367−5.4%
1960316−13.9%
1970286−9.5%
19803077.3%
1990222−27.7%
20002314.1%
2010186−19.5%
2020133−28.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]
2010[11] 2020[12]

2020 census

[edit]
Newbern town, Alabama – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[11] Pop 2020[12] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 59 42 31.72% 31.58%
Black or African American alone (NH) 123 85 66.13% 63.91%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 0 3 0.00% 2.26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4 3 2.15% 2.26%
Total 186 133 100.00% 100.00%

Newbern is part of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.

2000 census

[edit]

As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 231 people, 91 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was 198.5 inhabitants per square mile (76.6/km2). There were 110 housing units at an average density of 94.5 per square mile (36.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 22.94% White and 77.06% Black or African American.

There were 91 households, out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.4% were married couples living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.0% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $20,682, and the median income for a family was $31,042. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $11,875 for females. The per capita income for the town was $9,476. About 17.5% of families and 31.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 40.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 33.3% of those 65 or over.

Education

[edit]

All residents in the county are in the Hale County School District.[14]

Notable people

[edit]
[edit]

The below photographs were taken in Newbern as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey in the 1930s:

  • Presbyterian Church
    Presbyterian Church
  • Baptist Church
    Baptist Church
  • Walthall House
    Walthall House

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "Newbern, Alabama", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Profile of Newbern, Alabama in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Kaetz, James (March 27, 2023). "Newbern". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
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