777
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$50,145
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Hobson City, AL - History
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Welcome to the Hobson City Home page. The Hobson City Home page provides as much information as possible on Hobson City. Knowing Hobson City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Hobson City’s Home page, you will also find Hobson City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Hobson City has a population of 777. 51.4% of Hobson City’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.6 are female. 38% of Hobson City is married and 69.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $77,368, and the average rent is $477. Household median income in Hobson City is $50,145, and the individual median income is $22,000. Hobson City’s Ethnic is the following: Black(86.5%), White(6.9%), Multiple(6.6%).
According to Town Hall records, much of the area now included in the corporate limits of Hobson City was once within the adjoining city of Oxford, Alabama. During the late 19th century, the area was known as "Mooree Quarter". The black vote from that area was a controlling factor during municipal elections.
An account provided by an early settler of the community has been passed down through the years. In that account, a black person was elected as the Oxford justice of the peace. As a result, and in keeping with campaign promises, Mayor Whitehead of Oxford went to the state capitol and had the corporate boundaries of Oxford redrawn to exclude Mooree Quarter and the black vote. The town was incorporated on August 16, 1899.
Records from a contemporary Alabama newspaper, The Peoples' Journal, described the municipality as "the only municipality controlled and governed entirely by colored people anywhere in the United States." The newspaper further commented, "The whole country will doubtless be interested in the result of this experiment." Under the leadership of the first mayor, S.
L. Davis, and the first police chief, James Duran, police protection was restored to the area. The town was named after Richmond P. Hobson, a white naval hero in the then-recent Spanish-American War and member of Congress. Newman O'Neal was the mayor in 1919 until he faced death threats and was assaulted by the Ku Klux Klan forcing him to flee the city.
The mayor in 1970, J. R. Striplin, was its thirteenth black mayor in succession. The town recently had buildings placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently in the process of qualifying other buildings as well. During November 2008, Alberta C. McCrory was sworn in as the 2008–2012 mayor.
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