Almond, Alabama

Almond
Unincorporated community
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]

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

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	901		—
1880	946		5.0%
1890	985		4.1%
1900	1,157		17.5%
1910	1,841		59.1%
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]

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 October 7, 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.