Limestone County, Alabama

Limestone County is a of the  of, and is included in the. Its name comes from Limestone Creek, a local stream. As of 2000 the population was 65,676. The for the  estimated the county's population at 69,387. Its is  and it is a prohibition or  county except for, which is a wet city.

History
Limestone County was established on,.

Local Government
Limestone County comprises the Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. The Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit was created in the early 1980s when Limestone County broke away from Morgan County to form its own circuit.

The Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit has two circuit judges and two district judges. The two circuit judges are Judge James W. Woodruff and Judge Robert M. Baker. The two district judges are Judge Jeanne W. Anderson and Judge Jerry L. Batts.

The current District Attorney is.

The current Sheriff of Limestone County is Mike Blakely, who has been sheriff for 7 terms (28 years at the end of this term). The term for sheriff is 4 years and there is no term limit.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,572 (607 ). 1,471 km² (568 sq mi) of it is land and 101 km² (39 sq mi) of it (6.43%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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 * - northeast
 * - east
 * - southeast across the
 * - southwest across the
 * - west across the

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 65,676 people, 24,688 households, and 18,219 families residing in the county. The was 45/km² (116/sq mi). There were 26,897 housing units at an average density of 18/km² (47/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 83.79%, 13.33% or , 0.46% , 0.35% , 0.02% , 1.14% from , and 0.91% from two or more races. 2.65% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 24,688 households out of which 34.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.00% were living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.20% were non-families. 23.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 32.10% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,405, and the median income for a family was $45,146. Males had a median income of $35,743 versus $23,389 for females. The for the county was $17,782. About 9.80% of families and 12.30% of the population were below the, including 16.20% of those under age 18 and 14.60% of those age 65 or over.

Points of Interest
See the.

Cities and towns

 * (part - most of Decatur is in )
 * (part - most of Huntsville is in )
 * (part - most of Madison is in )
 * (part - most of Huntsville is in )
 * (part - most of Madison is in )
 * (part - most of Madison is in )
 * (part - most of Madison is in )

Education
See also.
 * Limestone County Schools K-12 education for the County
 * 2 year college located in the southern part of the county in
 * 2 year university located in