Crenshaw County

Crenshaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is south from the Montgomery metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,906. Its county seat is Luverne. Its name is in honor of an Alabama judge, Anderson Crenshaw.HistoryCrenshaw County was established on November 30, 1866, by the Reconstruction era legislature. It was formed from parts of Butler, Coffee, Covington, Pike and Lowndes counties. While part of the coastal area, this county had relatively infertile soils, limiting agriculture, but enslaved African Americans were still used as workers.It became a center of timbering in the piney wood, especially after the Montgomery and Florida Railroad Company constructed a line through here in 1886. This provided transport to markets for timber. It connected with Sprague Junction in Montgomery County, Alabama.GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (0.3%) is water. Much of the land is covered by forests that are used for logging.Major highways20px U.S. Highway 2923px U.S. Highway 33120px State Route 1020px State Route 9720px State Route 10620px State Route 14120px State Route 189