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Welcome to the Brewton Home page. The Brewton Home page provides as much information as possible on Brewton. Knowing Brewton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Brewton’s Home page, you will also find Brewton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Brewton has a population of 5210. 50% of Brewton’s inhabitants are Male, and 50 are female. 41.7% of Brewton is married and 61.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $115,222, and the average rent is $521. Household median income in Brewton is $41,444, and the individual median income is $27,001. Brewton’s Ethnic is the following: White(57.6%), Black(38.3%), Multiple(2.6%), Hispanic(1.8%), Asian(1.6%).


The settlement at this site was originally known as Newport; barges made runs to and from Pensacola, Florida on Murder Creek and Burnt Corn Creek, before the railroad was constructed. In May 1861, Brewton was established as a train stop by Edmund Troupe Bruton. The area's lumber began to be harvested by industrialists. During the Civil War, rail lines were severed, and small lumber mills were damaged or destroyed.


After the war, the people rebuilt the Brewton economy, began a school, and established small businesses. Into the 1870s a new European demand for lumber stimulated the founding of numerous timber and lumber operations. The Conecuh-Escambia river system became a timber artery to ports on the Gulf of Mexico. Brewton was established as a town on February 13, 1885.


The state legislature designated the town as the seat of Escambia County, Alabama. Brewton was known in past times as "the richest little town in the South." Brewton's high per capita income was based on the profits enjoyed by a small number of "timber barons." They had come at the end of the 19th century to harvest the pine forests.


With their profits, they had extraordinary homes built along Belleville and Evergreen avenues. Such families include the McMillans, Lovelace and the Millers, many of whose descendants still reside in the town. Over time the county erected a series of courthouses. Brewton developed an education system that included public and private institutions, including T.


R. Miller High School. It was named for Thomas Richard Miller, a local timber baron and town father who donated money toward the building and opening of the school. Jefferson Davis Community College was established here in 1964; it has been renamed as Coastal Alabama Community College Brewton.


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