Newcomers
Quality of Life
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Union Springs Welcomes You
If you are considering a move to Bullock County. We'll be happy to have you!
Every year, we welcome new businesses and families to our community. We hope our web site will offer answers to many of the questions you may have about moving to Bullock County.
About Us
Union Springs, the county seat of Bullock County, was founded in 1835 and in 1844 was incorporated by the State of Alabama Legislature.
The original inhabitants of the area were the Creek Indians and they held lands until treaties in the early 1800s brought an influx of settlers from the Carolinas and Georgia. In 1866, the Alabama Legislature created Bullock County from portions of Pike, Macon, Barbour and Montgomery counties. The county is home to the oldest public garden in the United States.
Union Springs is known as "the Bird Dog Field Trial Capital of the World" and is home to many historic sites, beautiful old homes and commercial buildings. Downtown Union Springs lists 47 buildings on the National Historic Register.
We invite you to take a tour of our city. Of special interest is the Central Business District consisting of 45 commercial and government buildings which were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Some of the notable attractions in the district are:
- Bullock County Courthouse, built in 1871. It is the only Second Empire style courthouse in Alabama and was patterned after the Executive Building in Washington, D.C.;
- Log Cabin Museum and Confederate Cemetery, the Cabin was built in 1851 and is authentically finished;
- Bullock County Jail-Museum, built in 1897 by Pauley Jail Company, this Victorian Gothic style building has an original trap door which was used for hangings.
The Bullock County Tourism Council web site provides a virtual tour of many of these homes and buildings. Visit www.unionspringsalabama.com/historicbuildingtour.html.
Cost of Living
Alabama is an affordable location for those seeking a high quality of life.
- The cost of housing in Alabama is quite low, with average sale prices for homes some 38 percent less than the national average. During the second quarter of 2006, the median price for a home in Alabama was $141,730, while the U.S. average was $227,533.
- Alabama has among the lowest property taxes in the United States. In addition, the state can boast having the fifth lowest state/local tax burden in the country, according to 2005 data from The Tax Foundation.
- Electric rates in Alabama are considerably lower than the national average, and among the lowest in the Southeast.