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Sulligent, AL - History
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Welcome to the Sulligent Home page. The Sulligent Home page provides as much information as possible on Sulligent. Knowing Sulligent’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Sulligent’s Home page, you will also find Sulligent’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Sulligent has a population of 1887. 49% of Sulligent’s inhabitants are Male, and 51 are female. 48% of Sulligent is married and 64.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $64,963, and the average rent is $401. Household median income in Sulligent is $22,159, and the individual median income is $16,063. Sulligent’s Ethnic is the following: White(77.2%), Black(19.6%), Multiple(3.2%).
Sulligent was first called Elliott, in honor of the chief engineer of the Kansas City-Memphis-Birmingham Railroad, then renamed one month later with the portmanteau "Sulligent", in honor of Sullivan, the superintendent of the railroad, and Sargeant, the passenger agent of the railroad. The town was incorporated on February 12, 1897.
S. F. Pennington owned the first general store and Dr. R. J. Redden owned the first drug store. The production and processing of cotton was an important industry. The primary business in Sulligent in the mid-1890s was cotton, with over 2500 bales ginned each year and shipped via the railroad. At one time, Sulligent Cotton Oil Company was known as the largest cotton gin under one roof. Sulligent is home to Lamar County's only structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Greer Bankhead House, which antedates the city by almost four decades.
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