Pickensville, Alabama facts for kids
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Pickensville, Alabama
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Location of Pickensville in Pickens County, Alabama.
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Pickens |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.06 sq mi (26.05 km2) |
| • Land | 7.77 sq mi (20.13 km2) |
| • Water | 2.29 sq mi (5.92 km2) |
| Elevation | 230 ft (70 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 557 |
| • Density | 71.66/sq mi (27.67/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 01-59592 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0152888 |
Pickensville is a rural town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 608, down from 662 in 2000. It was initially incorporated in 1839 (although two other sources claim 1825 and 1835) and briefly served before that as the first county seat of Pickens County. Carrollton was designated as the seat in the early 1830s.
According to the U.S. Census, the incorporation of Pickensville lapsed after 1920. It did not reappear again on the rolls of incorporated towns until 1970.
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Geography
Pickensville is located at 33°13′50″N 88°16′21″W / 33.23056°N 88.27250°W (33.230693, -88.272554).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.0 square miles (26 km2), of which 7.8 square miles (20 km2) is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) (22.73%) is water.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 276 | — | |
| 1880 | 264 | — | |
| 1900 | 241 | — | |
| 1910 | 214 | −11.2% | |
| 1920 | 158 | −26.2% | |
| 1970 | 132 | — | |
| 1980 | 132 | 0.0% | |
| 1990 | 169 | 28.0% | |
| 2000 | 662 | 291.7% | |
| 2010 | 608 | −8.2% | |
| 2020 | 557 | −8.4% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 206 | 36.98% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 342 | 61.4% |
| Native American | 2 | 0.36% |
| Other/Mixed | 6 | 1.08% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 0.18% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 557 people, 309 households, and 198 families residing in the town.
2010 census
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 608 people living in the town. 63.5% were African American, 36.2% White and 0.3% Native American.
Arts and culture
Pickensville is home to the Tom Bevill Visitors Center. The Tom Bevill Visitors Center and Museum is a replica of an antebellum plantation mansion built on the Tombigbee River. It houses exhibits on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and was named for former U.S. Representative from Alabama Tom Bevill, who chaired the congressional committee that approved funding for the waterway project. The Montgomery, a 1925 restored snagboat, is located at the Museum and operated as a museum ship.
Gallery
Below are photographs taken in Pickensville as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey:
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Doctor Wilkins House
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Henry Williams Saunders House
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Ferguson-Long House
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Baptist Church
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Pickensville Methodist Church
Education
Pickensville was formerly home to a now-defunct female seminary, the Pickensville Female Institute, incorporated in 1848.
Notable people
- Lincoln Clark, member of the Alabama legislature; practiced law in Pickensville between 1931 and 1936
- Harvey Butler Fergusson, lawyer and politician
- Dwayne Ijames, defensive back
- William Belton Murrah, 19th-century Presbyterian minister
- Jacob H. Sharp, Confederate general in the Civil War; born in Pickensville in 1833 but grew up in Mississippi
See also
In Spanish: Pickensville (Alabama) para niños
