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
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Coordinates: 32°1′48″N 87°3′57.6″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Wilcox
Elevation	285 ft (87 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	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

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,376		—
1910	1,240		−9.9%
1920	1,291		4.1%
1930	500		−61.3%
1940	459		−8.2%
1950	398		−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]