Gastonburg, Alabama

Gastonburg, Alabama
Gastonburg, Alabama
	Unincorporated community
	Gastonburg, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama Gastonburg, Alabama Gastonburg, Alabama (the US)
	Coordinates: 32°12′26″N87°26′14″W / 32.20722°N 87.43722°W Coordinates: 32°12′26″N87°26′14″W / 32.20722°N 87.43722°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Wilcox
Elevation	220 ft (70 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334

Last updated April 03, 2019

Gastonburg is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States,^[1] located on Alabama State Route 5.

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Wilcox County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,670. Its county seat is Camden.

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.

Geography

Gastonburg is located at 32°12′26″N87°26′15″W / 32.20736°N 87.43749°W / 32.20736; -87.43749 and has an elevation of 220 feet (67 m).^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1910	145	—
1920	140	−3.4%
1930	136	−2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census^[2]

Gastonburg was listed on the 1910-30 U.S. Censuses as an incorporated town. It disincorporated at some point after 1930.

Notable person

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References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gastonburg, Alabama
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

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[GNIS-1] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gastonburg, Alabama

[2] "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Wilcox County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Camden
City	Camden	Map of Alabama highlighting Wilcox County
Towns	Oak Hill Pine Apple Pine Hill Yellow Bluff
CDPs	Boykin Catherine
Unincorporated communities	Ackerville Alberta Anne Manie Arlington Canton Bend Coy Furman Gastonburg Kimbrough Lamison Lower Peach Tree McWilliams Millers Ferry Pebble Hill Prairie Rockwest Snow Hill Sunny South
Ghost towns	Prairie Bluff Ruthven

Gastonburg, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Gastonburg, Alabama Location within the state of Alabama Show map of Alabama Gastonburg, Alabama Gastonburg, Alabama (the US) Show map of the US
Coordinates: 32°12′26″N87°26′14″W / 32.20722°N 87.43722°W / 32.20722; -87.43722 Coordinates: 32°12′26″N87°26′14″W / 32.20722°N 87.43722°W / 32.20722; -87.43722
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Wilcox
Elevation	220 ft (70 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334