Nauvoo, Alabama

Coordinates: 33°59′19″N 87°29′16″W / 33.98861°N 87.48778°W / 33.98861; -87.48778
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Nauvoo, Alabama
FIPS code
01-53400
GNIS feature ID0160219

Nauvoo is a town on the northwestern edge of Walker County, Alabama, United States, that extends slightly north into southwestern Winston. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 221, down from 284 in 2000. Camp McDowell, the official camp and conference center of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, is located here.

History

The town of Nauvoo was founded in 1888, during the construction of the Northern Alabama Railway, and was formerly a center of coal mining.

Mormon prophet Joseph Smith in 1839 and later the site of an Icarian colony settlement — reportedly "because he had admired the [Illinois] town... in his earlier travels through that state."[4] By 1891, the town was mentioned in the Winston Herald as "Nauvoo, a flourishing town with three stores and one steam gin doing good business."[5] Nauvoo incorporated in 1906.[6]

Geography

Nauvoo is located at 33°59′19″N 87°29′16″W / 33.988571°N 87.487814°W / 33.988571; -87.487814.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910392—
192048924.7%
193064832.5%
1940533−17.7%
1950416−22.0%
1960318−23.6%
1970265−16.7%
1980259−2.3%
1990240−7.3%
200028418.3%
2010221−22.2%
2020185−16.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
2013 Estimate[9]

As of the

Latino
of any race.

There were 116 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $22,274, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $16,875 for females. The

poverty line
, including 35.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 22.2% of those 65 or over.

Notable person

See also

  • List of cities and towns in Alabama

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Towns: Nauvoo, Alabama". WalkerWeb.net. WalkerWeb. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2019.. An earlier settlement in northwestern Alabama, also called "Nauvoo," is marked on the "Military map showing the marches of the United States forces under command of Maj. Genl. W. T. Sherman, U.S.A., during the years 1863, 1864, 1865." (St. Louis, Mo.: 1865); but this appears to be a distinct settlement, with the same name, located at a different site. (The community marked as "Nauvoo" on the 1865 map is located near the Mississippi state line and next to Burleson, in Franklin County; the contemporary town of Nauvoo is located at an entirely different site far to the southeast, in between Kansas, Alabama and Houston, Alabama, on the county line between Walker County and Winston County.)
  3. ^ Lee, Margaret Earley (1991). Memories of Nauvoo. Marietta, Georgia: Treasured Memories. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ James P. Kaetz. "Cities and Towns: Nauvoo". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Quoted in Lee, Margaret Earley (1991). Memories of Nauvoo. Marietta, Georgia: Treasured Memories. p. 3.
  6. ^ Bureau of the Census (1913). Reports of the Thirteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1910, Volume II: Population 1910, Reports By States, with Statistics for Counties, Cities and Other Civil Divisions (Alabama-Montana) (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 34, n. 5.
  7. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  8. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  9. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013". Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  11. ^ "Ben Sankey Stats," Baseball Almanac. Accessed 18 October 2021, 10:39 AM.
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