Almond, Alabama

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Almond
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 33°08′47″N85°37′18″W / 33.14639°N 85.62167°W / 33.14639; -85.62167
Country United States
State Alabama
County Randolph
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 334

Almond, also known as Flat Rock, is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. [1]

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History

The community was most likely named for its first postmaster, Almond P. Hunter. [2] A post office called Almond was established in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1913. [3]

Demographics

Flat Rock/Almond Precinct (1870-1950)

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1870 901
1880 9465.0%
1890 9854.1%
1900 1,15717.5%
1910 1,84159.1%
1920 1,633−11.3%
1930 1,467−10.2%
1940 1,272−13.3%
1950 1,024−19.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

Almond has never reported separately as an unincorporated community on the U.S. Census. However, the 8th beat/precinct of Randolph County, was named "Flat Rock" (the earlier name for Almond) from 1870 [5] -1910 and as Almond from 1920 [6] -1950. In 1960, the precinct was merged as part of a larger reorganization of counties into the census division of Wadley. [7]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almond, Alabama
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 8. ISBN   0-8173-0410-X.
  3. "Randolph County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  5. "Population of Civil Divisions less than counties - Table III. - State of Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1870. p. 81.
  6. Bureau of the Census (1920). "Fourteenth Census of the United States - State Compendium Alabama" (PDF).
  7. "Number of Inhabitants - Alabama" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1960.