Austinville, Alabama

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]

Austinville Decatur
Former Town
Austinville Location within the state of Alabama Austinville Austinville (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°34′29.3″N 87°00′31.0″W
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 ID	0113297

Geography

Austinville is located at 34.5748149°N 87.0086207°W, at an elevation of 617 feet (188 m).[2]

Demographics

Town of Austinville

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1910	671		—
1920	838		24.9%
1930	818		−2.4%
1940	790		−3.4%
1950	1,110		40.5%
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	White	Black
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 X	1,108 ↑ 99.8%	2 (-) 0.2%

Austinville Precinct/Division (1910-20; 1960)

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1910	1,058		—
1920	1,670		57.8%
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]

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. http://www.genealogybuff.com/al/morgan/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/285
2. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:113297,Austinville
3. "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