List of census-designated places in Alabama facts for kids
Have you ever heard of a "census-designated place"? It's a special kind of community in the United States. Think of it like a neighborhood or a small town that doesn't have its own official local government, like a mayor or a city council. These places are set up by the U.S. Census Bureau just for counting people and gathering information during the census.
In 2020, Alabama had 131 of these census-designated places, often called CDPs. They are not officially incorporated as cities or towns, so they don't have their own elected leaders or legal boundaries in the same way. However, people live there, and they are important parts of Alabama's geography and population.
Alabama's Census-Designated Places
The table below lists many of the census-designated places in Alabama. It shows you their names, the county they are in, and how many people lived there in 2020 and 2010. You can also see how much land area each place covers.
| Place Name | County(ies) | Location of County | Population (2020) |
Population (2010) |
Land Area (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abanda | Chambers County |
 |
133 | 192 | 3.00 sq mi (7.76 km2) |
| Alexandria | Calhoun County |
 |
4,032 | 3,917 | 11.14 sq mi (28.84 km2) |
| Axis | Mobile County |
 |
561 | 757 | 3.50 sq mi (9.05 km2) |
| Ballplay | Etowah County |
 |
1,437 | 1,580 | 23.55 sq mi (61.00 km2) |
| Belgreen | Franklin County |
 |
170 | 129 | 1.23 sq mi (3.18 km2) |
| Bellamy | Sumter County |
 |
363 | 543 | 3.78 sq mi (9.78 km2) |
| Belle Fontaine | Mobile County |
|
613 | 608 | 1.55 sq mi (4.02 km2) |
| Blue Ridge | Elmore County |
 |
1,485 | 1,341 | 7.76 sq mi (20.09 km2) |
| Bon Secour | Baldwin County |
 |
1,754 | x | 4.32 sq mi (11.19 km2) |
| Boykin | Wilcox County |
 |
208 | 275 | 2.80 sq mi (7.24 km2) |
| Brantleyville | Shelby County |
 |
931 | 884 | 2.20 sq mi (5.69 km2) |
| Bristow Cove | Etowah County |
|
624 | 683 | 10.84 sq mi (28.08 km2) |
| Brook Highland | Shelby County |
|
7,406 | 6,746 | 2.78 sq mi (7.21 km2) |
| Broomtown | Cherokee County |
 |
160 | 182 | 4.69 sq mi (12.16 km2) |
| Bucks | Mobile County |
|
22 | 32 | 0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2) |
| Calvert | Washington County |
 |
255 | 277 | 2.34 sq mi (6.06 km2) |
| Carlisle-Rockledge | Etowah County |
|
2,167 | 2,137 | 16.20 sq mi (41.96 km2) |
| Carlton | Clarke County |
 |
46 | 65 | 4.52 sq mi (11.71 km2) |
| Catherine | Wilcox County |
|
65 | 22 | 2.30 sq mi (5.94 km2) |
| Choccolocco | Calhoun County |
|
2,838 | 2,804 | 11.65 sq mi (30.16 km2) |
| Chunchula | Mobile County |
|
195 | 210 | 1.80 sq mi (4.67 km2) |
| Coats Bend | Etowah County |
|
1,318 | 1,394 | 8.55 sq mi (22.14 km2) |
| Concord | Jefferson County |
 |
1,690 | 1,837 | 3.37 sq mi (8.72 km2) |
| Cottondale | Tuscaloosa County |
 |
3,130 | x | 3.44 sq mi (8.92 km2) |
| Cullomburg | Choctaw County |
 |
126 | 171 | 5.35 sq mi (13.84 km2) |
| Deer Park | Washington County |
|
141 | 188 | 3.13 sq mi (8.09 km2) |
| Delta | Clay County |
 |
260 | 197 | 7.79 sq mi (20.17 km2) |
| Dunnavant | Shelby County |
|
936 | 981 | 19.26 sq mi (49.87 km2) |
| Eagle Point | Shelby County |
|
2,903 | x | 2.21 sq mi (5.72 km2) |
| East Point | Cullman County |
 |
172 | 201 | 0.98 sq mi (2.53 km2) |
| Edgewater | Jefferson County |
|
746 | 883 | 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) |
| Egypt | Etowah County |
|
845 | 932 | 9.01 sq mi (23.34 km2) |
| Emerald Mountain | Elmore County |
|
3,310 | 2,561 | 16.09 sq mi (41.67 km2) |
| Equality | Coosa County |
 |
150 | x | 5.25 sq mi (13.61 km2) |
| Eunola | Geneva County |
 |
284 | 243 | 1.83 sq mi (4.73 km2) |
| Fairford | Washington County |
|
161 | 186 | 3.07 sq mi (7.95 km2) |
| Fayetteville | Talladega County |
 |
1,422 | 1,284 | 17.44 sq mi (45.18 km2) |
| Fitzpatrick | Bullock County |
 |
79 | 83 | 4.16 sq mi (10.78 km2) |
| Forestdale | Jefferson County |
|
10,409 | 10,162 | 6.75 sq mi (17.47 km2) |
| Fort Novosel | Dale County |
 |
4,464 | 4,636 | 10.86 sq mi (28.14 km2) |
| Fredonia | Chambers County |
|
198 | 199 | 11.98 sq mi (31.03 km2) |
| Fruitdale | Washington County |
|
175 | 185 | 4.47 sq mi (11.59 km2) |
| Gallant | Etowah County |
|
869 | 855 | 14.38 sq mi (37.25 km2) |
| Graham | Randolph County |
 |
196 | 211 | 5.85 sq mi (15.16 km2) |
| Grand Bay | Mobile County |
|
3,460 | 3,672 | 8.68 sq mi (22.47 km2) |
| Grayson Valley | Jefferson County |
|
5,982 | 5,736 | 1.91 sq mi (4.95 km2) |
| Gulfcrest | Mobile County |
|
142 | 161 | 1.51 sq mi (3.92 km2) |
| Hackneyville | Tallapoosa County |
 |
349 | 347 | 8.96 sq mi (23.21 km2) |
| Hanover | Coosa County |
|
151 | x | 4.21 sq mi (10.91 km2) |
| Harvest | Madison County |
 |
5,893 | 5,281 | 12.33 sq mi (31.94 km2) |
| Hatton | Lawrence County |
 |
244 | 261 | 1.33 sq mi (3.45 km2) |
| Hazel Green | Madison County |
|
4,105 | 3,630 | 10.03 sq mi (25.99 km2) |
| Highland Lakes | Shelby County |
|
5,239 | 3,926 | 3.82 sq mi (9.88 km2) |
| Hissop | Coosa County |
|
209 | 658 | 10.93 sq mi (28.30 km2) |
| Hobson | Washington County |
|
100 | 126 | 2.94 sq mi (7.62 km2) |
| Hollins | Clay County |
|
517 | 545 | 11.85 sq mi (30.68 km2) |
| Hollis Crossroads | Cleburne County |
 |
665 | 608 | 12.46 sq mi (32.26 km2) |
| Holt | Tuscaloosa County |
|
3,413 | 3,638 | 3.16 sq mi (8.19 km2) |
| Holtville | Elmore County |
|
4,940 | 4,096 | 21.59 sq mi (55.91 km2) |
| Huguley | Chambers County |
|
2,470 | 2,540 | 8.27 sq mi (21.42 km2) |
| Ivalee | Etowah County |
|
946 | 879 | 7.45 sq mi (19.30 km2) |
| Joppa | Cullman County |
|
556 | 501 | 1.94 sq mi (5.03 km2) |
| Ladonia | Russell County |
 |
3,074 | 3,142 | 3.13 sq mi (8.10 km2) |
| Leroy | Washington County |
|
766 | 911 | 11.91 sq mi (30.85 km2) |
| Lillian | Baldwin County |
|
1,330 | x | 1.91 sq mi (4.94 km2) |
| Lookout Mountain | Etowah County |
|
1,484 | 1,621 | 15.23 sq mi (39.45 km2) |
| Macedonia | Pickens County |
 |
241 | 292 | 3.95 sq mi (10.23 km2) |
| Malcolm | Washington County |
|
136 | 187 | 2.37 sq mi (6.13 km2) |
| Marbury | Autauga County |
 |
1,427 | 1,418 | 23.15 sq mi (59.97 km2) |
| McCalla | Jefferson County Tuscaloosa County |
|
12,965 | x | 33.79 sq mi (87.53 km2) |
| McDonald Chapel | Jefferson County |
|
739 | 717 | 1.06 sq mi (2.76 km2) |
| Meadowbrook | Shelby County |
|
9,688 | 8,769 | 4.36 sq mi (11.29 km2) |
| Megargel | Monroe County |
 |
60 | 62 | 0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2) |
| Meridianville | Madison County |
|
8,209 | 6,021 | 15.56 sq mi (40.29 km2) |
| Mignon | Talladega County |
|
1,186 | 1,284 | 2.00 sq mi (5.19 km2) |
| Millerville | Clay County |
|
303 | 278 | 6.70 sq mi (17.35 km2) |
| Minor | Jefferson County |
|
1,088 | 1,094 | 0.66 sq mi (1.72 km2) |
| Moores Mill | Madison County |
|
6,729 | 5,682 | 13.61 sq mi (35.24 km2) |
| Morrison Crossroads | Randolph County |
|
221 | 219 | 5.19 sq mi (13.44 km2) |
| Mount Olive | Coosa County |
|
311 | 371 | 8.32 sq mi (21.55 km2) |
| Mount Olive | Jefferson County |
|
4,427 | 4,079 | 9.30 sq mi (24.08 km2) |
| Movico | Mobile County |
|
291 | 305 | 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km2) |
| Nanafalia | Marengo County |
 |
75 | 94 | 2.17 sq mi (5.62 km2) |
| Nances Creek | Calhoun County |
|
399 | 407 | 5.81 sq mi (15.04 km2) |
| New Market | Madison County |
|
1,543 | 1,597 | 17.53 sq mi (45.40 km2) |
| New Union | Etowah County |
|
1,019 | 955 | 12.18 sq mi (31.56 km2) |
| Nixburg | Coosa County |
|
329 | x | 7.46 sq mi (19.33 km2) |
| Our Town | Tallapoosa County |
|
605 | 641 | 11.85 sq mi (30.70 km2) |
| Panola | Sumter County |
|
71 | 144 | 0.72 sq mi (1.86 km2) |
| Pea Ridge | Shelby County |
|
841 | x | 15.64 sq mi (40.52 km2) |
| Penton | Chambers County |
|
163 | 201 | 9.14 sq mi (23.66 km2) |
| Perdido | Baldwin County |
|
730 | x | 11.14 sq mi (28.85 km2) |
| Peterman | Monroe County |
|
87 | 89 | 0.42 sq mi (1.10 km2) |
| Point Clear | Baldwin County |
|
2,076 | 2,125 | 4.59 sq mi (11.89 km2) |
| Putnam | Marengo County |
|
172 | 193 | 9.49 sq mi (24.57 km2) |
| Ray | Coosa County |
|
326 | 443 | 9.46 sq mi (24.51 km2) |
| Redland | Elmore County |
|
5,106 | 3,736 | 24.13 sq mi (62.49 km2) |
| Redstone Arsenal | Madison County |
|
837 | 1,946 | 21.81 sq mi (56.49 km2) |
| Reeltown | Tallapoosa County |
|
794 | 766 | 7.55 sq mi (19.55 km2) |
| Remlap | Blount County |
 |
2,624 | x | 16.27 sq mi (42.14 km2) |
| Rock Creek | Jefferson County |
|
1,471 | 1,456 | 3.02 sq mi (7.81 km2) |
| Rock Mills | Randolph County |
|
603 | 600 | 6.33 sq mi (16.38 km2) |
| Rockville | Clarke County |
|
47 | 43 | 2.81 sq mi (7.27 km2) |
| St. Stephens | Washington County |
|
495 | 415 | 9.88 sq mi (25.58 km2) |
| Saks | Calhoun County |
|
9,956 | 10,744 | 12.18 sq mi (31.54 km2) |
| Selmont-West Selmont | Dallas County |
 |
2,158 | 2,671 | 3.28 sq mi (8.49 km2) |
| Shelby | Shelby County |
|
940 | 1,044 | 18.76 sq mi (48.59 km2) |
| Shoal Creek | Shelby County |
|
1,668 | 1,400 | 5.04 sq mi (13.06 km2) |
| Sims Chapel | Washington County |
|
145 | 153 | 5.70 sq mi (14.77 km2) |
| Smoke Rise | Blount County |
|
1,661 | 1,825 | 5.80 sq mi (15.03 km2) |
| Spring Garden | Cherokee County |
|
216 | 238 | 2.27 sq mi (5.87 km2) |
| Spruce Pine | Franklin County |
|
215 | 222 | 0.93 sq mi (2.40 km2) |
| Standing Rock | Chambers County |
|
132 | 168 | 3.19 sq mi (8.26 km2) |
| Stapleton | Baldwin County |
|
2,213 | x | 10.91 sq mi (28.27 km2) |
| Sterrett | Shelby County |
|
706 | 712 | 22.92 sq mi (59.37 km2) |
| Stewartville | Coosa County |
|
1,662 | 1,767 | 24.14 sq mi (62.52 km2) |
| Stockton | Baldwin County |
|
557 | x | 9.34 sq mi (24.20 km2) |
| Theodore | Mobile County |
|
6,270 | 6,130 | 7.98 sq mi (20.67 km2) |
| Tibbie | Washington County |
|
55 | 41 | 1.75 sq mi (4.53 km2) |
| Tidmore Bend | Etowah County |
|
1,119 | 1,245 | 9.62 sq mi (24.90 km2) |
| Tillmans Corner | Mobile County |
|
17,731 | 17,398 | 12.99 sq mi (33.65 km2) |
| Underwood-Petersville | Lauderdale County |
 |
3,051 | 3,247 | 5.80 sq mi (15.01 km2) |
| Uriah | Monroe County |
|
263 | 294 | 1.61 sq mi (4.16 km2) |
| Vandiver | Shelby County |
|
1,084 | 1,135 | 20.31 sq mi (52.60 km2) |
| Vinegar Bend | Washington County |
|
178 | 192 | 9.45 sq mi (24.48 km2) |
| Weogufka | Coosa County |
|
207 | 282 | 5.13 sq mi (13.28 km2) |
| West End-Cobb Town | Calhoun County |
|
3,128 | 3,465 | 4.12 sq mi (10.67 km2) |
| Whatley | Clarke County |
|
167 | 150 | 1.29 sq mi (3.34 km2) |
| White Plains | Calhoun County |
|
877 | 811 | 12.79 sq mi (33.13 km2) |
| Whitesboro | Etowah County |
|
2,113 | 2,138 | 17.48 sq mi (45.27 km2) |
Places That Changed Status
Sometimes, a census-designated place can change its status. This usually happens when a community grows and decides to form its own official town or city government. Here are a few examples of places in Alabama that used to be CDPs but are now incorporated:
| Place Name | County(ies) | Location of County | Population (2020) |
Population (2010) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Level | Autauga County |
|
4,885 | 4,183 | Became an official town in December 2023. |
| Semmes | Mobile County |
|
Became an official city in 2011. |
See also
- List of census-designated places
- List of cities and towns in Alabama
- List of unincorporated communities in Alabama
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