Bullock County, Alabama |Bullock County, Alabama| Bullock County
courthouse in Union Springs, Alabama Location in the state of
Alabama Alabama's location in the U.S. |Founded||December 5,
1866| |Largest city||Union Springs| 626.06 sq mi (1,621 km²)
625.01 sq mi (1,619 km²) 1.04 sq mi (3 km²), (0.17%) 17/sq mi
(6.7/km²) |Time zone||Central: UTC-6/-5| Bullock County, Alabama
is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor
of Colonel Edward C. Bullock of Barbour County. Living
descendants of Colonel Bullock include prominent American cinema
film actress, Sandra Bullock. As of the 2010 census the
population was 10,914. In 1867, Union Springs was chosen as the
county seat. A National Center for Education Statistics report
released in January 2009 showed that Bullock County had the
highest illiteracy rate in Alabama at 34 percent. Bullock County
was established on December 5, 1866. The boundaries were changed
in February 1867. According to the 2000 census, the county has a
total area of 626.06 square