Austinville, Alabama

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Austinville, Alabama
Decatur
Former town
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Austinville
Coordinates: 34°34′29.3″N87°00′31.0″W / 34.574806°N 87.008611°W / 34.574806; -87.008611
Country United States
State Alabama
County Morgan
Elevation
617 ft (188 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35601
Area code(s) 256
GNIS feature ID0113297

Austinville is a former town and now a neighborhood within the city of Decatur in Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is about 3 miles south from downtown Decatur, centered on the junction of Danville Road and Carridale Street. It was incorporated as a town in 1907 and disincorporated and annexed into the city of Decatur in 1956. [1]

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Geography

Austinville is located at 34°34′29″N87°00′31″W / 34.5748149°N 87.0086207°W / 34.5748149; -87.0086207 , at an elevation of 617 feet (188 m). [2]

Demographics

Town of Austinville

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1910 671—
1920 83824.9%
1930 818−2.4%
1940 790−3.4%
1950 1,11040.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [3]

Austinville first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census three years after it incorporated. It was annexed into Decatur in 1956. See also Austinville precinct below.

Historic demographics

Census
Year		Population &
Racial
Majority		State
Place
Rank		County
Place
Rank		WhiteBlack
1910 [lower-alpha 1] [4] 671 (-) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] 115th (-)4th (-)
1920 [5] 838 ↑119th [lower-alpha 4] ↓4th X [lower-alpha 5]
1930 [6] 818 ↓134th ↓3rd [lower-alpha 6] ↑
1940 [7] 790 ↓145th ↓3rd X
1950 [8] 1,110 ↑160th ↓3rd X1,108 ↑ 99.8%2 (-) 0.2%

Austinville Precinct/Division (1910-20; 1960)

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1910 1,058—
1920 1,67057.8%
1960 5,563—
U.S. Decennial Census [3]

Austinville Precinct (Morgan County 23rd Precinct) was created and first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census. In 1927, it and the Albany 19th precinct were annexed into the Decatur 1st precinct. In 1960, the Austinville name was attached to a newly-created census division, and included the towns of Flint City and Trinity. [9] The division was merged into the Decatur Census Division by 1970. [10]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1st year Austinville reported on census
  2. ↑ (-)Indicates no immediate prior population figure or rank
  3. ↑ Racial demographics not reported for places of less than 2,500 on the 1910-20 censuses or for less than 1,000 on the 1930-40 censuses.
  4. ↑ Tied for 119th place with Clio
  5. ↑ X Indicates no change in rank
  6. ↑ Claimed 3rd place rank behind 2nd place Hartselle, following consolidation of Albany into Decatur

References

  1. ↑ "Morgan County, Alabama Obituary Collection - 285".
  2. ↑ "Domestic Names".
  3. 1 2 "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033935v1-8ch1.pdf, 1910 AL Census
  5. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/06229686v1-7ch01.pdf, 1920 AL Census
  6. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch02.pdf, 1930 AL Census
  7. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33973538v1ch03.pdf, 1940 AL Census
  8. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch04.pdf, 1950 AL Census
  9. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf, 1960 AL Census
  10. ↑ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_al-01.pdf, 1970 AL Census

Coordinates: 34°34′29.3″N87°00′31.0″W / 34.574806°N 87.008611°W / 34.574806; -87.008611

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