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Bibb
County was created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature on
February 7, 1818.
It was one of the first thirteen counties to be added to the
seven already existing when Alabama was still a part of the
Mississippi Territory. Originally, it was called Cahaba (spelled
Cahawba for many years) to preserve the name given it by the
Choctaw Indians, Oka Aba. On December 4, 1820, the State
Legislature renamed it in honor of the late Governor William
Wyatt Bibb. As it was then constituted, it contained much of
what is now the southern part of Shelby County and the western
part of Chilton County. Its present area is 625 square miles.
Bibb County makes up roughly 68% of the land mass in House
District 49.
The county seat
of Centreville, with a 1994 population of 2,630, is the county's
second largest city. Other incorporated places are Brent, West
Blocton and Woodstock.
The newly created
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is located in Bibb
County. Congressman Bachus co-sponsored the bill that created
the refuge with Governor Bob Riley, who at the time was a US
Representative. The Cahaba River is best known for the beautiful
Cahaba Lily. It is also host to over 131 species, more than any
river of its size in America. Each spring, the Cahaba Lily
Festival is held in West Blocton.
Representative
Ward’s most recently visited
West Blocton Elementary School to help dedicate a new “Save
Our Tree” deck built by the Bibb County Soil and Conservation.
In December Representative Ward also recently joined Alabama
Attorney General Troy King in Brent for the
Bibb County
Cattleman Association dinner.
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