Ackerville, Alabama

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.

Ackerville, Alabama
Ackerville Baptist Church of Christ
Ackerville, Alabama
Location within the state of Alabama
Ackerville, Alabama
Ackerville, Alabama (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°1′48″N 87°3′57.6″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyWilcox
Elevation
285 ft (87 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334

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 32.030°N 87.066°W / 32.030; -87.066 and has an elevation of 285 feet (87 m).[1]

Demographics

Ackerville Precinct (1900-50)
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19001,376—
19101,240−9.9%
19201,2914.1%
1930500−61.3%
1940459−8.2%
1950398−13.3%
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
  1. "Snow Hill, Alabama". "AL HomeTownLocator". Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  2. "Wilcox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. Foscue, Virginia O. (1989). Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8173-0410-2.
  4. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33405927v1ch05.pdf
  6. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf
  7. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33973538v2p1ch4.pdf
  8. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf


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