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, Alabama Decatur
Former town
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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	256
GNIS feature ID	0113297

Geography

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

Demographics

Town of Austinville

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
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[a][4]	671 (-)[b][c]	115th (-)	4th (-)
1920[5]	838 ↑	119th[d] ↓	4th X[e]
1930[6]	818 ↓	134th ↓	3rd[f] ↑
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.	Note	%±
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]