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Geneva County, Alabama : ウィキペディア英語版 | Geneva County, Alabama
Geneva County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,790.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/01061.html )〕 Its county seat is Geneva.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was named after its county seat, which in turn was named after Geneva, New York which was named after Geneva, Switzerland, by Walter H. Yonge, an early town resident and Swiss native. Geneva County is a prohibition or dry county. Geneva County is part of the Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. == History == Geneva County was established on December 26, 1868. The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic. On March 10, 2009, a gunman, identified as Michael McLendon, went on a shooting spree at nine locations in Geneva County from the town of Samson to the city of Geneva, killing ten people and wounding six others. McLendon entered his former place of employment, Reliable Metal Products on the northeastern side of Geneva, where he took his own life.
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