Ackerville, Alabama
Ackerville, Alabama | |
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Ackerville, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama | |
Coordinates: 32°1′48″N 87°3′57.6″W / 32.03000°N 87.066000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Wilcox |
Elevation | 285 ft (87 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 334 |
Ackerville is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States.[1] Ackerville has one site included on the National Register of Historic Places, the Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ.
History[]
A post office was established at Ackerville in 1892 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.[2] The community was named in honor of the Acker family of area residents.[3]
Geography[]
Ackerville is located at 32°01′48″N 87°03′58″W / 32.030°N 87.066°WCoordinates: 32°01′48″N 87°03′58″W / 32.030°N 87.066°W and has an elevation of 285 feet (87 m).[1]
Demographics[]
Ackerville Precinct (1900-50)[]
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1900 | 1,376 | — | |
1910 | 1,240 | −9.9% | |
1920 | 1,291 | 4.1% | |
1930 | 500 | −61.3% | |
1940 | 459 | −8.2% | |
1950 | 398 | −13.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[4] |
Ackerville village has never reported a population figure separately on the U.S. Census as an unincorporated community. However, the 19th precinct within Wilcox County bore its name from 1900 to 1950.[5] In the 1930[6] and 1940[7] returns, when the census recorded racial statistics for the precincts, both times reported a Black majority for the precinct. In 1960, the precincts were merged and/or reorganized into census divisions (as part of a general reorganization of counties) and it was consolidated into the census division of Pine Apple.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b "Snow Hill, Alabama". "AL HomeTownLocator". Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Wilcox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8173-0410-2.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch05.pdf
- ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf
- ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33973538v2p1ch4.pdf
- ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf
- Unincorporated communities in Alabama
- Unincorporated communities in Wilcox County, Alabama
- South Alabama geography stubs