Dallas County, Alabama

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administrative division county

Dallas County, Alabama is a historically significant county in central Alabama best known for encompassing the city of Selma, a focal point of the U.S. civil rights movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedByCounty Autauga County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chilton County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lowndes County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marengo County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perry County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilcox County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Orrville, Alabama ⓘ
Plantersville, Alabama ⓘ
Selma, Alabama ⓘ
Valley Grande, Alabama ⓘ
containsHistoricCity Selma Historic District ⓘ
containsHistoricSite Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
FIPSCode 01047 ⓘ
GNISID 01101540 ⓘ
hasAreaCode 334 ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat Selma, Alabama ⓘ
hasEconomySector agriculture ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Dallas County Schools (school district) ⓘ
Selma City Schools ⓘ
hasFeature fertile clay and loam soils typical of the Black Belt ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county commission ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance center of voting rights activism in the 1960s ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
surface form: Selma to Montgomery march of March 1965
hasJudicialDistrict Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama ⓘ
hasLargestCity Selma, Alabama ⓘ
hasLawEnforcementAgency Dallas County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Alabama River ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic majority African American population ⓘ
hasZIPCodeRange 36701 ⓘ
36702 ⓘ
36703 ⓘ
isKnownFor Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
surface form: Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches

role in the American civil rights movement ⓘ
isPartOf Barbour County, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Black Belt counties of Alabama
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion central Alabama ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter George M. Dallas ⓘ
partOf Alabama Black Belt region ⓘ
surface form: Black Belt region of Alabama

Alabama's 7th congressional district ⓘ
surface form: United States congressional district (7th, Alabama)
state Alabama ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chilton County, Alabama → borderedBy → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Selma, Alabama → county → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Dallas County Sheriff’s Office → jurisdiction → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church → locatedIn → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Dallas County Sheriff’s Office → locatedIn → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Dallas County Voters League → locatedIn → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
Edmund Pettus Bridge → locatedIn → Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ