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Talk:Things to Come

Undated comment
I replaced this:

''Wells predicts a second world war around 1940, originating from a German-Polish dispute. After 1945 there would be an increasing lack of public safety in "criminally infected" areas. The plan for the "Modern World State" would succeed on its third attempt, and come out of something that occurred in Basra, Iraq. The book also states: "Although world government had been plainly coming for some years, although it had been endlessly feared and murmured against, it found no opposition anywhere."''

with a complete stub, because the above seems to have been copied from a website; could be any one of   or several others. --Camembert

Douhet? was there a specific connection to Douhet?
Anyone want to clarify better what Douhet's relationship to the film might have been? I like 80.177.108.194's addition that

 * The film is notable for its graphic depiction of strategic bombing in scenes where London is flattened by air attacks and society collapses into barbarism. This echoes pre-war concerns about the threat of the bomber and the apocalyptic pronouncements of air power prophets such as Giulio Douhet.

But that sounded almost like a suggestion that Wells had based his ideas on Douhet. I added a sentence to make it clear that Wells certainly had not gotten all of his ideas about air war from Douhet.

But was there a connection? I know nothing about this myself and can't comment intelligently.

Wells was a well-informed man so by the time he wrote the screenplay he might well have known about Douhet (or Billy Mitchell for that matter), and discussions of air war and its consequences could well have been "in the air." Aircraft manufacturers were building warplanes, and by the time the film was in preparation Mussolini's air force would already have been conducting attacks on Ethiopia.

I guess what I'm wondering about is, did Wells get some ideas from Douhet? Did the people engaged in the production naturally turn to Douhet's book for research on what air war might be like?

Or was it more like people watched the film and said, after the fact, "Oh, yes, that's what Douhet was talking about?"

There probably isn't any good answer to this... Dpbsmith 12:31, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Wells would have almost certainly been aware of Stanley Baldwin's 1932 statement that "the Bomber will always get through". Douhet was just one of several prominent prophets of air power, alongside Mitchell (and certainly the most well-known in Europe) and was part of a general movement that was trying to make the world aware of the offensive potential of air power. I will suggest removing the Douhet reference but leaving the link to strategic bombing in the text. The movie is a document of popular belief in the potency of bombing and a reminder that it was thought to be as apocalyptic a threat as nuclear war is to us today. Prune 15:01, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * If it was anyone it was probably Hugh "Boom" Trenchard. He was behind the setting-up of the RAF as primarily a strategic bomber force in 1918. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.251.230 (talk) 20:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Frayling
I don't see why the Frayling remark is in 'Behind the Scenes' - it is an opinion so I am cutting it.

 * It's a valid opinion and it's from a verifiable source, so I don't see the problem and I'm putting it back. Wikipedia prohibits articles from including Wikipedia editors' own opinions. It does not prohibit what Jimbo has called "facts about opinions." It is a fact that Frayling holds that opinion. If you think this is a disputed topic, if you think Frayling's opinion is wrong, and you want to balance it by adding a verifiable source citation from an authority who has a differing opinion, by all means do so. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem with it up top. It just was not adding a detail about the production. Frayling showed some footage at the RCA that was a test reel for the effects done by the artist Naum Gabo. Worth an addition?

 * Sure. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:09, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Frayling is no longer with the BFI.Piersmasterson 12:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, he was when he wrote that comment... Dpbsmith (talk) 19:09, 22 February 2006 (UTC) Oops, I didn't reference the source when i added the Frayling quote back in 2003. I'll add a reference soon... Dpbsmith (talk) 19:11, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

It was Moholy-Nagy not Gabo so I've fixed that. In the process I found a photo of his test effectsPiersmasterson 17:32, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Influence
After seeing this film for the first time, I was struck by how elements bore similarities to later media. The 2036 portion is a lot like Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix as well as the backstory for the Silver Surfer and Kang the Conqueror. Is anything in print about this film's legacy?--StAkAr Karnak 15:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Doesn't the war lord in the post-apocalyptic era look like a template for all those villains appearing in the Mad Max movies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.180.63.47 (talk) 14:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The fact that the film covers a state of total destruction of civilisation was possibly the first instance in cinema. All films covering this subject since, Planet of the Apes,episodes of television science fiction such as The Twilight Zone,etc. owe something to this film.The implications were also covered in "The Time Machine", starring Rod Taylor.Ern Malleyscrub (talk) 16:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Predicted World War II?
The statement in the article that
 * The film is notable for predicting World War II; it was only one year off.

seems pretty unconvincing to me. For one thing... it's been a while since I've watched it and I don't feel like watching it right now just to check... I don't think the phrase "World War II" is used. Is it? For another, apart from being a global war in which air power played a role, the resemblance to World War II isn't close. The gas attacks resemble World War I more closely than anything in World War II. There's no obvious political or military similarity. The war is not really presented in enough detail to judge whether it's an impressive bit of prescience or not.

Second, "it was only one year off" isn't very impressive given that the movie was released in 1936, and that fear of approaching war was hardly a unique insight.

Third, and admittedly I'm setting the bar pretty high here; for most writers, I wouldn't have said that they ought to have predicted the use of atomic bombs in World War II, but given that Wells wrote a novel about them in 1914 in his case I'd say that not having them in Things to Come is a failed prediction—if one is measuring the movie as a prediction of the actual historical World War II.

I've always perceived it as a fantasy of the way in which things could develop in some unspecified future... not an attempt at accurate short-term prediction.

Anyway, I think this sentence should go. The film did not "predict World War II" and is far less closely tied to historical reality than, say, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. Dpbsmith (talk) 18:50, 14 August 2006 (UTC) Comment:The film says war starts with a surprise attack before war was declared.This is surprisingly what happened in Pearl Harbour, so right event, just not England.Ern Malleyscrub (talk) 16:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

 * No, the phrase "World War II" isn't used, but while at the time "World War I" was still generally known as "The Great War," the title of the first "chapter" of the shooting script adapated and published by Wells in October 1935 is "Before the Second World War" (page 19). The review of the film in The Times also uses the term "the second world war" in relation to the events in the film.

 * The fact that gas wasn't used historically in WW2 would surprise most of the UK population before it started, as there was a widespread belief that it would be, as evidenced by the fact that nearly every British citizen was issued with a gasmask in September 1939.

 * Since the film starts on Christmas Eve of 1940, it's actually almost 16 months off. However, the original storyline for the film was written in early 1934, i.e. 5½ years before War broke out, which is a bit more impressive than if you take 1936 as start date. Nick Cooper 19:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

 * That's my point. It wasn't particularly prescient as a prediction of World War II. The war in Things to Come doesn't much resemble World War II other than being a world war. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Running times
I've reverted the recent "rounding" (although, technically, one would have expected 108m 40s to be rounded to 109m!) of the various running times for the film. Given the various issues around the length of the film and what has survived of it, I think it is important to be precise, and I have added references to confirm the actual timings. Nick Cooper 13:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Can anyone give these lengths in feet and frames? The NTSC/PAL (24fps/25fps) discrepancy has the potential to cause confusion, if the timings are based on the viewing of VHS or DVD copies.  LDGE (talk) 09:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

 * All the timings noted in the article for the length of the film when either projected, or on a 30fps video format. The only exception is the specific statement that the 92m 42s version runs to exactly 89m on PAL, so really PAL speedup isn't really an issue, especially since the only versions available on the format are that and the reconstructed Amercian Print via the Network DVD. In actual fact, as regards this article, the only relevent exact footage known is that of 9,781 feet stated in Low (as referenced), from which the original UK release of 108m 40s is derived. I now have trade documentation with includes the physical lengths of the 1943 and 1948 British reissues, although at 6,850 (76m 07s) and 8,398 feet (93m 19s), these conflict with the BBFC's records and the previously-assumed running time for these releases respectively.

 * We do have a problem in that the American print actually runs to 96m 30s, not 96m 24s as stated in the Network DVD booklet, which I was the author of. The reason for this is that while working on the release, I derived the length by adding the length of the additional "new" footage to the existing 92m 42s print, but the finished product ended up a few seconds long, most probably because we gained a few seconds here and there on reel changes that in the past were excuted a bit too abruptly. Likewise, having done a more exact analysis, the 104m 41s "continuity script" is actually ~105m 02s. Our quandry, though, is that the slightly shorter timings are published and therefore can be cited, while the longer actual ones aren't and can't be, even though in retrospect I consider them correct enough to have been included in the DVD booklet, had I known at the time. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:40, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

 * For reference, as per the Network Blu-Ray booklet, page 27 (note that the "EXTANT" at the top of the fourth column should actually appear above "FEET" in the fifth), the "continuity"/London Film Script length has now been fixed at 9,546 feet & 9 frames (106m 04s), although his doesn't include two extant cutaways not in the script, which run to an additional 28 ft & 15 fr (19.3 seconds). Nick Cooper (talk) 08:42, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 13:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Copyright status
Seems way, way off. Why would its being a derivative work based on something not in the public domain affect anything? Weird. 208.111.241.155 (talk) 15:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

 * It's ended up that way because it was originally maintained that the film is still PD in the US. The fact that dozens of sellers on eBay think it's PD (even some in the UK, where it never has been!) demonstrate what a minefield the whole subject is. Nick Cooper (talk) 20:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Yeah you're going to have to explain it. That people are confused about its legal status doesn't affect that status; there is no intent requirement for copyright violation. Further, although some elements of a work derived from a public-domain work would be in the public domain, there could still be independently copyrightable elements. This is a confused and confusing mess, and if I only knew the facts I could apply the law and clean it up. At this point, a train wreck. 208.111.241.155 (talk) 17:33, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

The Legend Films was "digitally restored?"
I'm not sure what counts as "digitally restored," but I bought the Legend Films DVD (with Harryhausen's name on it) and returned it. I was completely disappointed in it. I saw no evidence of anything I would call "restoration" apart from the bad colorization. It appeared to me to be no improvement at all on previous DVD or VHS releases. (I didn't check to see whether any it contained any previously cut material, though).

The DVD I saw, both in the colorized and uncolorized versions contained on the disk, had unsteady framing (as if projected in a projector with a dirty film gate or worn sprockets). It had a poor grey scale (too contrasty). It had the effect inaccurately called "flicker" often seen in bad multiple-generation copies of old films: an irregular variation in brightness on a time scale of seconds. (I've assumed, without knowing for sure, that this is the result of uneven processing, increased by film fading over time, and increase further by contrast pickup in multigeneration copying). And, like 16 mm prints, the film was watchably sharp but nowhere near as sharp as it should have been.

By contrast, I recently viewed DVDs of a 1960s black-and-white movie, "David and Lisa," which made no claims to being digitally restored... and a 1953 movie--I think a somewhat later film re-release--"Mr. Hulot's Holiday"--which also made no such claims. They were steady, sharp, had a good grey scale. If we call the Citizen Kane restoration 10, these would have been about an 8, and the Legend Films "Things to Come" would have been about a 3.

I don't believe it was "digitally restored" at all. I'd love to know how one would go about proving that one way or another.

When I saw "Things to Come" in a theatre in the late 1960s, it looked just as good as any new, clean, 35mm print of a black-and-white movie, which is to say very good. Since good prints of it were circulating in the 1960s, I don't know of any reason why a DVD transfer of it shouldn't look every bit as good as "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" or "David and Lisa." The DVD case claims that it is a transfer from "original elements" which I would assume would lead one to expect better quality than in a 1960s print. Dpbsmith (talk) 18:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Utopian Vision
I believe this film deserves more discussion of its predictions of life after war is over and the post-war dark age is dispelled. The idea of Utopia has many forms and is depicted in many books, movies and even political theories. The manipulation of people is still a part of the future, visionaries are branded as extremists.The ordinary man and woman are shown to be putty in the hands of a well meaning but short sighted politician types. The world of the future is shown as an environmentally controlled super city, pre-dating "Logans Run" and many other futurist films. There are neat gizmos like a wrist communicator, no doubt inspired by Dick Tracy, or was it the other way around? Colds,indigestion and common ailments have been eliminated. The space race of the sixties is "predicted" as a pivotal point in the development of humankind. Anyone familiar with the "Star Trek" movies knows this is also a key element in that fictional future. The theme put forward is that moving into space demands that mankind moves beyond the historical limitations that have defined the species since prehistoric times. It's a huge leap that most science fiction of the twentieth century shares. This theme is so obvious that it seems to have been missed in the main article. I wouldn't think of changing the main article until this aspect has been discussed by the worthy wikipedia contributors.Things to Come is one of the pivotal films of science fiction and deserves respect. Thanks folks.Ern Malleyscrub (talk) 17:15, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

 * You need to dig up reliable sources that discuss these themes. Otherwise, it's original research, which is not desirable in an encyclopedia. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:47, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Also some very cool flat TVs. Gerry246 (talk) 05:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

 * I always found that interesting, a film from the 1930's predicted flat screens while films such as Total Recall and Timecop featured great big bulky trinitron things. In the 30's there must have been a great many people who had never even seen a TV, unless they happened to wander into the very biggest and most expensive department stores to dream. 86.138.25.190 (talk) 21:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

 * According to the Dick Tracy page, the wrist-radio didn't appear in the comic strip until 1946, whereas the device seen in the film was noted in the Second Treatment/Script for Things to Come in late-1934/early-1935. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:54, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

 * The "concrete slab construction" near the end of the futuristic montage sequence shows many similarities to modern construction methods. Sadly, we don't have those aesthetically brilliant deco tractors ... but there are similarities nonetheless. Colon el  Tom 15:04, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

 * : HMS Thunder Child is god! ( in a time and age before the Civ5 Smoky Skies were conquered by wrightian sky ships... )

The problem with being too close to predicting the future: the powers that be ( voted by democracy - a systenm that is in direct oppostion to theocray - theocracy proposes the worth of the individual whereas democracy proposes the most convincingly equal primus (or pree-moose, cf ee-d-o-cracy movie) inter pares, anyway, if someone becomes too close to predicting the future might end up being called and denounced a cheat ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.86.185 (talk) 21:07, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

George Sanders
Sanders undoubtedly did appear in the film, as he is listed as an extra in at least one reliable source (IIRC, it's either Kulik's biography of Korda, or Rachael Low's Film Making in 1930's Britain). He certainly doesn't play a character called "Menzes" since there isn't one in the film; the appearance of "Menzies" on filmreference.com is the name of the director, as per all the other listed films. Not sure where the claim that he plays a pilot actually originates, but widespread net proliferation may be more down to widespread copying - I'll have to check. Nick Cooper (talk) 17:10, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Mo problem on my end with what you've trimmed it down to in the meantime. I'll be interested to see what, if anything, you come up with. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:26, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Two pieces of information
I found this picture: "Speed wings over the world".

Did this statue inspire H.G. Wells?.

The first LP from the Spanish group Aviador Dro (Airmen Dro) was called "Alas sobre el mundo" (1982)("Wings over the world").

It is no coincidence: Aviador Dro has (has, they are still active) a mundialist/"progressive"/socialist ideology, and "Things to Come" (retitled "Mundo futuro") was aired repeatedly on Spanish T.V. during the 1970s and 1980s. Randroide (talk) 11:06, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

 * According to Imperial Airways and other sources, the statue dates from 1938, which obviously post-dates the film. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:15, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Inspiration for a SF film history book.
There's a book on the history of Science Fiction film, published in 1977, titled "Things to Come". Its foreword states the author took his title and inspiration from this film. The last film covered in the book is "Star Wars", about which the author states no further advance in special effects is possible, advances will only be in plot and story. It wasn't long at all before the movie industry (especially Industrial Light and Magic) proved it extremely wrong on that point. I've tried to find information on the author, publisher etc, but as usual, it's very difficult to find anything on the web that predates 1992 unless it's of significant educational or historical interest, or had a site or at least some mention made by an interested individual. I may still have a copy of it... somewhere. The cover image is a still from "2001: A Space Odyssey". IIRC the title may be in the 'computer letters' style popular in the 1970's which is based on the shapes of MICR numbers. Bizzybody (talk) 11:52, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

 * You may well have found this in the last five years. The book you've thinking of is Things to Come: An Illustrated History of the Science Fiction Film by Douglas Menville and Robert Reginald, ISBN 0812907108. Apparently it was rushed into production to cash in on Star Wars. The cover has little pictures from 2001, Planet of the Apes, and Star Wars (the frontispiece has a big image from Things to Come). -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 22:03, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Pointless US information in the infobox
How tedious, an attempt to ignore the MOS and the template guidelines and force in unnecessary information that is not needed in a British film. I'll open a comment at Film Project shortly to get a wider input on something as basic as this. - SchroCat (talk) 20:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, indeed, your suppression of pertinent information is quite tedious. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:18, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * BTW, I trust you will notify the Military History, Science Fiction and Books projects as well, since it is settled WikiPolicy that projects do not own articles? Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:20, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * BTW, it's not suppression as the same information can be found in the body of the article, it just doesn't belong in the infobox. SchroCat (talk) 20:24, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

From WP:TPO:

 * Section headings: Because threads are shared by multiple editors (regardless how many have posted so far), no one, including the original poster, "owns" a talk page discussion or its heading. It is generally acceptable to change headings when a better header is appropriate, e.g., one more descriptive of the content of the discussion or the issue discussed, less one-sided, more appropriate for accessibility reasons, etc.

"Pointles" is decidely one-sided, so I am, once again, removing it from the section title. Per Policy, please do not restore it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:29, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a guideline not a policy, much like the info box guidelines. Odd how you missed that one - and odd how you pick and choose which guidelines you want to follow, according to your own POV. RfC opened at Film Project. - SchroCat (talk) 23:42, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Unless you have a reason beyond the one given in your edit summary where the number of people speaking English, there is no reason to add US centric information to what is a British film, it is not what the infobox is for. America apparently matters for ALL films because people speak English there? DId you read that summary before you clicked submit? Darkwarriorblake (talk) 23:52, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Unless it can be shown that the film is an American co-production then the infobox should only contain British-centric information. Under the circumstances I'm open to retaining the statement "Original UK release" especially as that version now appears to be lost. BTK's infobox contribution contradicts the article: did the film premiere in the US on 17 April or 18 April? - Fantr (talk) 00:01, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

 * While no-one would dispute that the American market is notable, it's only of tangential significance at best on an article about a British film. Most films are primarily produced for their native markets, so I don't see a compelling reason to make an exception to the guideline in this case. As for the running times we generally go with the original theatrical running time in the infobox, since this is the primary version; derivative cuts can be covered in the article body as determined by merit. Betty Logan (talk) 04:41, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

 * I've amended the rounded "109 minutes" to the more precise "108m 41s" at the press screening/premiere - the various print lengths of this film are a major issue (similar to Metroplis and Lost Horizon), so it is important to be precise. Even so, there was probably only ever a single print of that length, the general UK release being 98m 07s. Nick Cooper (talk) 15:24, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Music timing
I've moved this query from the body of the article here, where it belongs. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:00, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

"Wells originally wanted the music to be recorded in advance, and have the film constructed around the music, but this was considered too radical and so the score, by Arthur Bliss, was fitted to the film afterwards in a more conventional way."

 * Is this comment accurate ? A number of film & music historians in Britian maintain the Bliss DID compose, at least the March, BEFORE the film was complete - Can anyone confirm the truth ?

 * Yes, virtually all the music was composed long before it was added to the film, but it still had to be done so in a conventional manner. Wells's idea was to have the music already recorded and the film then edited to match it, but in the end it had to be done the usual way - i.e. with Muir Mathieson conducting the orchestra in the studio, fitting the music to the edited footage as it was played back. Nick Cooper (talk) 10:21, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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Location of Everytown
There has been a recent attempt to remove references to Everytown being a British/English location. I would note that not only does Cabal wear a Royal Air Force uniform, but the published treatment specifically refers to him as a "British airman" in the scene in which he engages the enemy bomber (Stover, page 130). Similarly, the enemy air fleet in the preceding sequences is described as passing over "the Dover cliffs" in the cutting script (Stover, page 202). In the narrative, Burton refers to Gordon - having escaped - "making the French coast," (Film Story, page 83). Nick Cooper (talk) 09:00, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Bradbury
Ray Bradbury said that, after watching the film, he decided that he "would make the future" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6DRBURPlxI&t=2428s at 49:30). 2600:6C67:1C00:5F7E:D911:BDE0:A2FF:C03E (talk) 00:38, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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Orrville, Alabama

Orrville is a town in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 150. According to the 1910 U.S. census, Orrville incorporated in 1908, though it was listed as an incorporated community prior to that.

Geography
Orrville is located in western Dallas County at 32.30556°N, -87.24528°W (32.305584, -87.245378). Alabama State Route 22 passes through the town, leading northeast 15 mi to Selma, the county seat, and west 8 mi to Safford.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Orrville has a total area of 2.7 km2, all land.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 230 people, 105 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was 222.5 PD/sqmi. There were 118 housing units at an average density of 114.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 51.30% White, 48.26% Black or African American, and 0.43% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 105 households, out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 41.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,571, and the median income for a family was $31,719. Males had a median income of $29,583 versus $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,418. About 9.9% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 22.2% of those sixty-five or over.

Government
Orrville is an incorporated town, governed by a mayor/town council structure. Current Mayor Louvenia Lumpkin was first elected in 2012, defeating incumbent Mayor Gene McHugh; she was re-elected in 2016. Herman Majors is Orrville's Town Council President and its longest-serving town councilmember, first appointed in 1970 and re-elected every term since then. Other councilmembers elected or re-elected in 2016 include Jewell Williamson, William Lumpkin (husband of Mayor Louvenia Lumpkin), Jerry Phillips and Jim Brunson.

Businesses
At the height of the expansion of the recreational boating industry, Orrville was home to Baker-Jewell Inc., a small manufacturing company which produced small fiberglass boats for the recreational market. They featured iconic styling of the late 1950s era, including automotive-type tailfins and seating.

Today a small factory in Orrville manufactures portable buildings.

Orrville Farmers Market opened in 2016 in the heart of town and sells locally grown farm-fresh produce, artisan foods, agricultural-based products and country-themed gifts. The market also serves hot breakfast and lunch six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Orrville Farmers Market gives local farmers the opportunity to develop a personal relationship with their customers and to cultivate consumer loyalty to the farmer who grows the produce and produces farm-fresh products.

Notable person

 * Jimmy "Orion" Ellis, singer

Gallery
Below are photographs taken of structures in Orrville as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey:

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Gustaf V

Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden with the third-longest reign after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present). He was also the last Swedish monarch to exercise his royal prerogatives, which largely died with him, although they were formally abolished only with the remaking of the Swedish constitution in 1974. He was the first Swedish king since the High Middle Ages not to have a coronation and so never wore the king's crown, a practice that has continued ever since.

Gustaf's early reign saw the rise of parliamentary rule in Sweden although the leadup to World War I induced his dismissal of Liberal Prime Minister Karl Staaff in 1914, replacing him with his own figurehead, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, the father of Dag Hammarskjöld, for most of the war. However, after the Liberals and Social Democrats secured a parliamentary majority under Staaff's successor, Nils Edén, he allowed Edén to form a new government which de facto stripped the monarchy of virtually all powers and enacted universal and equal suffrage, including for women, by 1919. Bowing to the principles of parliamentary democracy, he remained a popular figurehead for the remaining 31 years of his rule, although not completely without influence. Gustaf V had pro-German and anti-Communist stances which were outwardly expressed during World War I and the Russian Civil War. During World War II, he allegedly urged Per Albin Hansson's coalition government to accept requests from Nazi Germany for logistics support, arguing that refusing might provoke an invasion. His intervention remains controversial.

An avid hunter and sportsman, Gustaf presided over the 1912 Olympic Games and chaired the Swedish Association of Sports from 1897 to 1907. Most notably, he represented Sweden (under the alias of Mr G.) as a competitive tennis player, keeping up competitive tennis until his 80s, when his eyesight deteriorated rapidly. He was succeeded by his son, Gustaf VI Adolf.

First years
Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö, Stockholm County, the son of Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland and Princess Sofia of Nassau. His father was a younger son of the reigning king, Oscar I, and as the king's eldest son, Crown Prince Charles had no surviving sons, it could be expected that the new-born prince would one day inherit the Swedish throne. At birth he was created Duke of Värmland, and on 12 July he was baptised Oscar Gustaf Adolf at the Royal Chapel of the Stockholm Palace by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Henrik Reuterdahl.

The following year, his brother Prince Oscar was born, followed by Prince Carl in 1861, and Prince Eugen in 1865. The family lived in the Arvfurstens palats (Palace of the Hereditary Prince), an 18th-century palace located at Gustav Adolfs torg in central Stockholm, and the summers were spent at Sofiero Castle near Helsingborg in Scania, which the father acquired in 1864. During his early years, the prince was considered to have a weak body constitution, and as a consequence he was treated with electrotherapy on May 10, 1871.

The three eldest princes began their schooling at the newly founded Beskowska School in Östermalm in Stockholm in October 1869. Among the prince's classmates at the school was the future party leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and three times Prime Minister of Sweden, Hjalmar Branting.

Crown Prince
On 18 September 1872 his uncle King Charles XV died, and Gustaf's father ascended the throne as King Oscar II. Upon his father's accession to the throne, Gustaf became crown prince of both Sweden and Norway at the age of 14. The new king and queen and their children now moved into the large Stockholm Palace, and the crown prince's schooling at the Beskowska School was interrupted, as he was now to receive his education as heir to the throne at the palace.

On 20 September 1881 in Karlsruhe, Germany, he married Princess Victoria of Baden, the only daughter of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden and Princess Louise of Prussia.

On 8 December 1907 King Oscar II died and the 49-year-old Gustaf succeeded his father as King of Sweden as the fifth monarch from the House of Bernadotte.

Public life

When he ascended the throne, Gustaf V was, at least on paper, a near-autocrat. The 1809 Instrument of Government made the King both head of state and head of government, and ministers were solely responsible to him. However, his father had been forced to accept a government chosen by the majority in Parliament in 1905. Since then, prime ministers had been de facto required to have the confidence of the Riksdag to stay in office.

Early in his reign, in 1910, Gustaf V refused to grant clemency to the convicted murderer Johan Alfred Ander, who thus became the last person to be executed in Sweden.

At first Gustaf V seemed to be willing to accept parliamentary rule. After the Liberals won a massive landslide victory in 1911, Gustaf appointed Liberal leader Karl Staaff as Prime Minister. However, during the run-up to World War I, the elites objected to Staaff's defence policy. In February 1914, a large crowd of farmers gathered at the royal palace and demanded that the country's defences be strengthened. In his reply, the so-called Courtyard Speech—which was actually written by explorer Sven Hedin, an ardent conservative—Gustaf promised to strengthen the country's defences. Staaff was outraged, telling the King that parliamentary rule called for the Crown to stay out of partisan politics. He was also angered that he had not been consulted in advance of the speech. However, Gustaf retorted that he still had the right to "communicate freely with the Swedish people". The Staaff government resigned in protest, and Gustaf appointed a government of civil servants headed by Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (father of future UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld) in its place.

The 1917 elections showed a heavy gain for the Liberals and Social Democrats, who between them held a decisive majority. Despite this, Gustaf initially tried to appoint a Conservative government headed by Johan Widén. However, Widén was unable to attract enough support for a coalition. It was now apparent that Gustaf could no longer appoint a government entirely of his own choosing, nor could he keep a government in office against the will of Parliament. With no choice but to appoint a Liberal as prime minister, he appointed a Liberal-Social Democratic coalition government headed by Staaff's successor as Liberal leader, Nils Edén. The Edén government promptly arrogated most of the king's political powers to itself and enacted numerous reforms, most notably the institution of complete (male and female) universal suffrage in 1918–1919. While Gustaf still formally appointed the ministers, they now had to have the confidence of Parliament. He was now also bound to act on the ministers' advice. Although the provision in the Instrument of Government stating that "the King alone shall govern the realm" remained unchanged, the king was now bound by convention to exercise his powers through the ministers. Thus, for all intents and purposes, the ministers did the actual governing. While ministers were already legally responsible to the Riksdag under the Instrument of government, it was now understood that they were politically responsible to the Riksdag as well. Gustaf accepted his reduced role, and reigned for the rest of his life as a model limited constitutional monarch. Parliamentarianism had become a de facto reality in Sweden, even if it would not be formalised until 1974, when a new Instrument of Government stripped the monarchy of even nominal political power. Gustaf V was considered to have German sympathies during World War I. His political stance during the war was highly influenced by his wife, who felt a strong connection to her German homeland. On 18 December 1914, he sponsored a meeting in Malmö with the other two kings of Scandinavia to demonstrate unity. Another of Gustaf V's objectives was to dispel suspicions that he wanted to bring Sweden into the war on Germany's side.

Although effectively stripped of political power, Gustaf was not completely without influence. In 1938, for instance, he personally summoned the German ambassador to Sweden and told him that if Hitler attacked Czechoslovakia over its refusal to give up the Sudetenland, it would trigger a world war that Germany would almost certainly lose. Additionally, his long reign gave him great moral authority as a symbol of the nation's unity.

Alleged Nazi sympathies
Both the King and his grandson Prince Gustaf Adolf socialised with Nazi leaders before World War II, though arguably for diplomatic purposes. Gustaf V attempted to convince Hitler during a visit to Berlin to soften his persecution of the Jews, according to historian Jörgen Weibull. He was also noted for appealing to the leader of Hungary to save its Jews "in the name of humanity."

When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Gustaf V tried to write a private letter to Hitler thanking him for taking care of the "Bolshevik pest" and congratulating him on his "already achieved victories". He was stopped from doing so by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson.

During the war Gustaf V invited Swedish Nazi leader Sven Olov Lindholm to Stockholm Palace. The King had friends in Lindholm's movement.

Midsummer crisis 1941
According to Prime Minister Hansson, during the Midsummer crisis, the King in a private conversation had threatened to abdicate if the government did not approve a German request to transfer a German infantry division, the so-called Engelbrecht Division, through Swedish territory from southern Norway to northern Finland in June 1941, around Midsummer. The accuracy of the claim is debated, and the King's intention, if he really made the threat, is sometimes alleged to be his desire to avoid conflict with Germany. The event has received considerable attention from Swedish historians and is known as midsommarkrisen, the Midsummer Crisis.

Confirmation of the King's action is contained in German Foreign Policy documents captured at the end of the war. On 25 June 1941, the German Ambassador in Stockholm sent a "Most Urgent-Top Secret" message to Berlin in which he stated that the King had just informed him that the transit of German troops would be allowed. He added: "The King's words conveyed the joyful emotion he felt. He had lived through anxious days and had gone far in giving his personal support to the matter. He added confidentially that he had found it necessary to go so far as to mention his abdication."

Personal life
Gustaf V was thin, and known for his height. He wore pince-nez eyeglasses and sported a pointed mustache for most of his teen years.

Gustaf V was a devoted tennis player, appearing under the pseudonym Mr G. As a player and promoter of the sport, he was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1980. The King learned to play tennis during a visit in Britain in 1876 and founded Sweden's first tennis club on his return home. In 1936 he founded the King's Club. During his reign, Gustaf was often seen playing on the Riviera. On a visit to Berlin, Gustaf went straight from a meeting with Hitler to a tennis match with the Jewish player Daniel Prenn. During World War II, he interceded to obtain better treatment for Davis Cup star Jean Borotra of France and his personal trainer and friend Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany, who had been imprisoned by the Nazi Government on the charge of a homosexual relationship with a Jew.

Haijby affair
Allegations of a love affair between Gustaf V and Kurt Haijby led to the court paying 170,000 kronor under the threat of blackmail by Haijby. That led to the so-called Haijby Affair and several controversial trials and convictions against Haijby, which spawned considerable controversy about Gustaf V's alleged homosexuality.

In 2021 the alleged events surrounding the Haijby Affair were adapted into a fictional miniseries for Sveriges Television called En Kunglig Affär (A Royal Secret), directed by Lisa James Larsson and written by Bengt Braskered.

Death
After a reign of nearly 43 years, Gustaf V died in Stockholm of acute bronchitis with bronchietasis on 29 October 1950. His 67-year-old son Gustaf succeeded him as Gustaf VI Adolf.

Honours

 * National honours
 * Knight and Commander of the Seraphim, 16 June 1858
 * Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 16 June 1858
 * Commander Grand Cross of the Sword, 16 June 1858
 * Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star, 16 June 1858
 * Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, 12 July 1886
 * Honorary Member of the Johanniter Order

 * Foreign military ranks
 * : General à la suite in the Royal Danish Army, 1909
 * Admiral à la suite in the Imperial Russian Navy, 1909
 * : Honorary Admiral in the Royal Navy, 3 november 1908.
 * : General à la suite in the Imperial German Army, 1909
 * : Admiral à la suite in the Imperial German Navy, 1909
 * : Admiral à la suite in the Spanish Navy, 1928
 * : Honorary commander of the third Life Grenadier Regiment "Königin Elisabeth", 1909

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 * Foreign honours

• * Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 16 June 1858

• * Knight of the Norwegian Lion, 21 January 1904

• * King Haakon VII Freedom Cross

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• * Knight of the Elephant, 22 June 1874

• * Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 18 November 1912

• * Grand Commander of the Dannebrog, in Diamonds, 29 October 1950

• Hungary:

• * : Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1879

• * Regency Hungary: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, with Holy Crown and Collar

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• * Knight of the Annunciation, 24 February 1879

• * Grand Cross of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, 24 February 1879

• : Knight of the Golden Fleece, 30 June 1881

• 🇹🇭 Siam: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 13 July 1897

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• * Honorary Grand Cross of the Bath (civil), 19 February 1901

• * Knight of the Garter, 13 June 1905

• * Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, 27 April 1908

• : Grand Cross of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

• : Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold

• : Grand Cross of the Southern Cross

• : Collar of the Order of Merit

•  China: Order of Propitious Clouds, 1st Class

• : Collar of the White Lion, 1937

• : Collar of the Order of Muhammad Ali

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• * Cross of Liberty, Grade III Class I, 29 April 1925

• * Collar of the White Star, 7 June 1938

• : Collar of the Order of Solomon, 1945

• : Grand Cross of the White Rose, with Collar, 1919

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• * Knight of the Black Eagle, 6 February 1873; with Collar

• * Grand Cross of the Red Eagle

• * Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 10 March 1881

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• ** Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1881

• ** Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1881

• * : Knight of St. Hubert, 1879

• *   Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order

• * Hesse and by Rhine: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 20 September 1881

• * Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore and Collar

• * Nassau Ducal Family: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau

• * : Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown and Collar

• * : Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1881

• * : Knight of the Rue Crown, 1888

• * : Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1879

• 🇬🇷 Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer

• Iran:

• * Qajar dynasty: House Order of the Imperial Effigy, 1st Class

• * Pahlavi dynasty: Collar of the Order of Pahlavi

• : Grand Collar of the Order of the Hashimites

• : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 29 July 1881

• : Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars, with Collar

• : Grand Cross of St. Charles, 6 April 1875

• : Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion

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• * Order of Distinction

• * Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class

• : Grand Cross of the Sun of Peru, in Diamonds, 1923

• : Knight of the White Eagle, 15 June 1928

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• * Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword

• * Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders

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• * Grand Cross of the Star of Romania

• * Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania

• * Collar of the Order of Carol I

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• * Knight of St. Andrew, 1881

• * Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky

• * Knight of the White Eagle

• * Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class

• * Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class

• Flag of Venezuela (1863–1905).svg Venezuela: Collar of the Order of the Liberator

• : Grand Cross of the Star of Karađorđe

Arms
Upon his creation as Duke of Värmland, Gustaf V was granted a coat of arms with the Arms of Värmland in base. Upon his accession to the throne, he assumed the Arms of Dominion of Sweden.

Issue
Swedish author Anders Lundebeck (1900–1976) allegedly was an extramarital son of King Gustaf V, an allegation purported by Lundebeck himself and to some extent supported by existing facts.

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Selmont-West Selmont, Alabama

Selmont-West Selmont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,158.

Geography
Selmont-West Selmont is located in eastern Dallas County at 32.37861°N, -87.00667°W (32.378494, -87.006659). It is on the south side of the Alabama River, which separates it from the city of the Selma, the county seat, to the north. The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 across the river into Selma at the north end of the CDP.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.6 km2, of which 8.5 km2 is land and 0.1 km2, or 1.17%, is water.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,502 people, 1,227 households, and 879 families residing in the community. The population density was 1,068.1 PD/sqmi. There were 1,574 housing units at an average density of 480.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the community was 91.35% Black or African American, 7.91% White, 0.14% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.03% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races. 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,227 households, out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.6% were married couples living together, 39.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.46.

In the community the population was spread out, with 36.3% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.2 males.

The median income for a household in the community was $11,591, and the median income for a family was $15,000. Males had a median income of $27,000 versus $17,786 for females. The per capita income for the community was $9,602. About 53.4% of families and 55.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 64.8% of those under age 18 and 50.0% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,671 people, 999 households, and 658 families residing in the community. The population density was 810 PD/sqmi. There were 1,320 housing units at an average density of 400 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the community was 93.9% Black or African American, 4.5% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. 1.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 999 households, out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.1% were married couples living together, 36.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the community the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.

The median income for a household in the community was $25,064, and the median income for a family was $26,741. Males had a median income of $21,536 versus $23,101 for females. The per capita income for the community was $9,798. About 36.1% of families and 34.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.3% of those under age 18 and 36.9% of those age 65 or over.

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Crossville, Alabama

Crossville is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,862, up from 1,431 in 2000. Crossville is located atop Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau.

History
Crossville is a farming community in northeast Alabama, situated on the sandstone plateau of Sand Mountain. The native peoples called the plateau Raccoon Mountain. It holds some historical significance for having figured tangentially in the Creek War.. The area's soil, game, climate, and proximity to streams proved attractive to settlers, the majority of whom were drawn there from neighboring states following the expulsion of the indigenous Creeks..

Sand Mountain lay in an area that included disputed borders between the Creeks and the Cherokee. Although Alabama became a state in 1819, until the 1830s much of northern Alabama was still officially Cherokee territory. However, white settlement in the area increased steadily, coming to a head with the gold rush in the nearby mountains of northwest Georgia. While gold supplies began to dwindle, soon eclipsed by the California Gold Rush, the settlement by white farmers continued and played prominently in the expulsion of Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations from the area. That expulsion is called the Trail of Tears, considered an act of genocide because of the thousands who died on the journey, and the forced removal of native peoples from their home territories. (In nearby Fort Payne, which lies across the valley and at the foot of next-door Lookout Mountain, there is a historical sign marking the town as one of the starting points for the Trail of Tears, and also the area where Sequoyah lived, who developed the Cherokee alphabet.)

During the times of slavery, Crossville, Sand Mountain and DeKalb County, where Crossville is located, were not major slave areas. This can be verified by a study of census rolls which reveal a mostly poor area, where people worked and survived by the labor of their own hands, rather than the forced labor of captive Africans and their descendants. Leading up to the Civil War, DeKalb County was typical of Southern mountain counties in that it voted against secession from the United States. This can be corroborated by a study of the roster of the votes on this issue, county by county. In fact, there was serious discussion among Northern Alabama and East Tennessee counties about forming a proposed state of Nickajack, rather than going along with secession.

During the Civil War, DeKalb County families, particularly families from mountain terrains such as Sand and Lookout Mountain, tended at first to avoid fighting, since it was considered a "rich man's war", and not of particular interest to mountain people. However, as the war progressed, many DeKalb County families fought for Union cavalries, notably the 1st Tennessee & Alabama Independent Vidette Cavalry and the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment. A perusal of the cavalries' rosters will reveal family names that to this day are prominent in the area. The First Alabama Cavalry was particularly notable in that it was one of the few units that was racially integrated.

Crossville's name, given to it by James A. Copeland (1880–1964), not to be confused with the outlaw James Copeland), was meant to reflect its many crossroads.

In the mid-19th century, mail was brought through Crossville from Rome, Georgia, and Guntersville, Alabama, via stagecoach. Soon the town had its first U.S. post office, with A.C. Copeland serving as the first postmaster. In 1888, George Wyatt Justice established the first business in Crossville, and in 1903, W.B. Jones installed machinery for his cotton mills. His son Loy Jones (spouse-Sara Jones) followed his footsteps and ran a once successful business in Crossville. Loy and Sara had a daughter named Pam, and she had two sons named Blake and Blane Raley. The Jones family was vital to the growth early on in Crossville.

The first church established in the Crossville area was a Methodist Episcopal Church called Pine Bark Church, formed just prior to the Civil War. The community's first Baptist church was established in 1892 at Union Grove east of the town center. In 1925, several people started meeting at the high school and formed the First Baptist Church of Crossville. A new sanctuary was built in 1926.

Crossville established its first school, a one-room structure with a single teacher and approximately 50 students, in the late 19th century at Bryant's Chapel Church. The first banking institution was established in 1914 by N.W. Black and Boyce Rains. Soon after, Crossville was granted provisional incorporation, and Charlie J. Crump was appointed first mayor. Little progress was made during his tenure, and the incorporation's dissolution followed quickly thereafter. The town was incorporated a second time on December 21, 1942. Dr. Luther F. Erwin was chosen mayor, and the town government established ordinances and levied privilege licenses. Collection enforcement was lax, however, resulting in insufficient resources to maintain basic town services. Following this, C.W. (Bill) Russell was elected mayor. He hired Colonel Mack Kilcrease as a legal adviser to mayor and council. This group worked together to establish a solid town government with taxation, collection and basic town services that would become the foundation for the Town of Crossville.

Geography
Crossville is located in southwestern DeKalb County at 34.28667°N, -85.99083°W (34.286752, -85.990814). Alabama State Route 68 is the main road through the town, leading east 9 mi to Interstate 59 at Collinsville and west 14 mi to Albertville. Alabama State Route 227 also passes through Crossville, leading north 5 mi to Geraldine and south 7 mi into Big Wills Valley.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.7 km2, all land.

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,830 people, 707 households, and 455 families residing in the town.

2010 census
As of the 2010 census Crossville had a population of 1,862. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 87.2% non-Hispanic white, 0.4% black, 1.9% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 6.3% from some other race, 2.4% from two or more races and 8.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,431 people, 539 households, and 365 families residing in the town. The population density was 237.8 PD/sqmi. There were 593 housing units at an average density of 98.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 97.69% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 2.24% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 539 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,394, and the median income for a family was $44,667. Males had a median income of $27,708 versus $20,461 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,326. About 11.0% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 29.3% of those age 65 or over.

Climate
Climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfa" (Humid Subtropical Climate).

Education
Crossville Elementary, Crossville Middle, and Crossville High, home of the Lions, are located in Crossville. All are members of the DeKalb County School System. Crossville, as of the school year 2023–2024, is a 5A school and has the largest classification in DeKalb County. The school colors are black and gold. The Principal of Crossville High is Jon Peppers, the Principal of Crossville Middle is Brian Pool, and the Principal of Crossville Elementary is Kristin Williams.

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Fort Payne, Alabama

Fort Payne is a city in and county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 14,877.

The city developed around a fort of the same name, built in the 1830s to intern Cherokee people who were being rounded up by the military before being forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1838 on what they called the Trail of Tears.

European-American settlers gradually developed a community around the former fort. It grew rapidly in the late 19th century based on industrial resources, and manufacturing increased in the early 20th century. At the beginning of the 21st century, it still had 7000 workers in 100 mills producing varieties of socks, nearly half the world production. The volume of production has declined because of competition from China.

History
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this was the site of Willstown, an important town of the Lower Cherokee. They had moved south along the Tennessee River and into what became Alabama in an effort to escape European-American pressure.

For a time this was the home of Sequoyah, a silversmith who by 1821 created the Cherokee syllabary, one of the few writing systems created by an individual from a pre-literate culture. In Alabama, his people soon started publishing the first newspaper in Cherokee and English, The Cherokee Phoenix.

This settlement was commonly called Willstown after its headman, Will Weber, who had striking red hair. He was the son of Cherokee and German parents and raised as Cherokee.

John Norton, a man born in Scotland about 1770 to Scottish and Cherokee parents, visited this area and other parts of the Cherokee homeland in 1809-1810. He had come to North America as a British soldier and became close to Mohawk people at the Grand River Reserve in Ontario, where he served as an interpreter.

During the 1830s prior to Indian removal, the US Army under command of Major John Payne built a fort near Willstown to intern Cherokee from Alabama until they were forcibly removed to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Their forced exile became known as the Trail of Tears. Only a chimney of Fort Payne still stands in the downtown of the city that developed around it.

19th-20th century growth

Although European Americans had pressed for Indian removal in the Southeast because they wanted land to cultivate, by the 1860s, the city of Fort Payne and the surrounding area were only sparsely settled. Development of cotton plantations and larger settlements had taken place in the uplands region known as the Black Belt. With no strategic targets nearby, during the Civil War only minor skirmishes between Union and Confederate forces took place here. About the time of the Second Battle of Chattanooga, a large Union force briefly entered the county, but it did not engage substantial Confederate forces.

In 1878 the city Fort Payne was designated as the county seat, and in 1889 it was incorporated as a town. The community of Lebanon had served as the DeKalb county seat since 1850. With the completion of rail lines between Birmingham and Chattanooga that went through Fort Payne, the city's growth was stimulated by connection to this new transportation route. County sentiment had supported having the seat in a community served by the railroad, seen as key to the future.

In the late 1880s, Fort Payne's growth was stimulated after the discovery of coal and iron deposits, needed to support industrialization. Investors and especially workers from New England and the North flooded into the region for new jobs. This period is called the "Boom Days", or simply the "Boom".

Many of the notable historic buildings in Fort Payne date from this period of economic growth and prosperity, including the state's oldest standing theater, the Fort Payne Opera House; the former factory of the Hardware Manufacturing Company (today known as the W. B. Davis Mill Building, now the location of the Fort Payne Depot Museum, and formerly the passenger station for the present-day Norfolk Southern Railway. Following the decline of passenger traffic in the mid-20th century as people took to automobiles, today the depot serves as a museum of local history.

The iron and coal deposits were much smaller than expected. Many of the promoters left the region for Birmingham, Alabama, which became the state's major industrial city. Fort Payne suffered a period of economic decline. In 1907, the W.B. Davis Hosiery Mill began operations, processing area cotton to produce socks and hosiery. Hosiery manufacture has led the economy in Fort Payne. At the beginning of the 21st century, the hosiery industry in Fort Payne employed over 7,000 people in more than 100 mills. It produced more than half of the socks made in the United States and claimed to be the "Sock Capital of the World."

Beginning in the 1990s, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central American Free Trade Agreement lowered tariffs on textile products imported into the United States, resulting in large increases in sock imports. By the early 2000s a very large, highly-efficient centre for sock production had grown up around Datang, Zhuji in Zhejiang Province, China. Raw materials and hosiery machines were also manufactured at Datang. While in Fort Payne a company might have to wait two months for a replacement part for a hosiery machine to arrive from Italy, a manufacturer in Datang would have to wait half an hour for the part to arrive from a local company.

American multinational retail corporations began to source hosiery products from Datang. The American companies’ strict negotiating positions required the Datang producers to accept as little as 3% profit. As American retail corporations began to source their products from China, Datang became the new "Sock Capital of the World." Many businesses in Fort Payne accused foreign manufacturers, particularly those from China, of engaging in dumping of socks below cost to force American companies out of the sock business. By 2005, hosiery mill employment in Fort Payne had declined to around 5,500, and several mills had closed. In late 2005, the federal government gained an agreement with the Chinese government to slow the schedule for the removal of tariffs, delaying their full removal until 2008. The hosiery industry continues to have a foothold in the community, diversifying from athletic socks to boutique designs such as Zkano, and other specialty and medical socks.

In the 1990s, facing the international threat to their manufacturing, business and civic leaders in Fort Payne began to take steps to diversify the city's economy. Several new commercial and industrial projects were developed. The largest was the 2006 construction of a distribution center for The Children's Place stores, a facility that employed 600 people in its first phase of operation.

Other large corporations represented in Fort Payne include Heil Environmental Industries (a division of Dover Industries, manufacturing sanitation trucks); Vulcraft (a division of Nucor Corporation, manufacturing steel roofing systems); and Game Time (a division of Playcore, manufacturing commercial playground equipment).

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 144.6 sqkm, of which 143.7 sqkm is land and 0.9 sqkm, or 0.64%, is water.

The city center lies in a narrow valley on Big Wills Creek in the Cumberland Plateau region immediately west of Lookout Mountain, with Sand Mountain at a distance to the west. The city limits reach to the east and south so that more than half of the city's area is now located on Lookout Mountain. Drainage is through Big Wills Creek to the Coosa River.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred here in 2003.

Climate
Fort Payne is notable for a subtropical climate. Winters usually feature measurable, though infrequent, snow. Cloudmont Ski Resort on Lookout Mountain generates man-made snow as winter temperatures permit. The area is subject to occasional tornadoes. The city's northern side was struck by F3 and F4 tornadoes February 29, 1952 and May 19, 1973, respectively, both of which caused considerable damage. Exactly ten years later, a tornado struck the city again. In the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1994, an F3 tornado passed just west of the city

Occasionally, a hurricane that has made landfall in the Gulf of Mexico will reach Fort Payne as a tropical storm or tropical depression. However, in 1995 the eye of Hurricane Opal reached Fort Payne with hurricane-force winds. The 1993 Storm of the Century dumped more than 20 in of snow on Fort Payne, immobilizing the city and the surrounding area for days. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfa". (Humid Subtropical Climate).

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,877 people, 5,066 households, and 3,219 families residing in the city.

2010 census
Fort Payne had at the 2010 census a population of 14,012. There were 5,296 households. The racial makeup of the population was 72.0% non-Hispanic white, 4.2% black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.1% non-Hispanic from some other race, 2.5% reporting two or more races and 20.9% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,938 people, 5,046 households, and 3,506 families residing in the city. The population density was 231.5 PD/sqmi. There were 5,585 housing units at an average density of 100.0 /sqmi The racial makeup of the city was 83.22% White, 4.53% Black or African American, 0.80% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 8.41% from other races, and 2.33% from two or more races. 12.17% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,046 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,560, and the median income for a family was $40,200. Males had a median income of $29,731 versus $20,135 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,690. About 8.3% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

The ruins of the old Fort Payne are visible in the historic downtown of the city.

The National Park Service has headquarters here for the nearby Little River Canyon National Preserve, a 14000 acre protected area established by Congress in 1992. The canyon is on Lookout Mountain outside the city limits.

Another natural attraction is DeSoto State Park. While smaller in area, it has a lodge, restaurant, cabins, and river access areas. Manitou Cave is also near Fort Payne.

The country music group Alabama is based in Fort Payne. The city also houses the group's fan club and museum.

Fort Payne is within a 30-minute drive of substantial water recreational areas, notably Guntersville Lake and Weiss Lake, an artificial lake on the Coosa River. Fort Payne is also near Mentone, a popular mountain resort area known for summer children's camps, rustic hotels, restaurants, and cabins.

Education
Fort Payne is served by the Fort Payne City Schools system. Schools in the district include Wills Valley Elementary (K-2), Little Ridge Intermediate (3-5) Fort Payne Middle School (6-8), and Fort Payne High School (9-12).

Brian Jett is the Superintendent of Education.

Media

 * Radio stations
 * WFPA-AM 1400 (News/Talk)
 * WZOB-AM 1250 (Country)
 * Newspapers
 * The Times-Journal
 * The Dekalb Advertiser
 * Southern Torch

Health care

 * DeKalb Regional Medical Center- 134-bed facility

Transportation

 * [[Image:I-59.svg|25px]] Interstate 59
 * [[Image:US 11.svg|25px]] U.S. Highway 11
 * [[Image:Alabama 35.svg|25px]] Alabama State Route 35
 * Norfolk Southern Railway
 * Airport Sign.svg Isbell Field (municipal airport)

Notable people

 * Miles C. Allgood (1878–1977), U.S. congressman
 * Mark E. Biddle, Old Testament scholar
 * Harry B. Brock, Jr., banker and philanthropist
 * Weston Burt, country music singer
 * David Brown (translator), Cherokee interpreter and missionary
 * Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, and Randy Owen, founders of the country music band Alabama
 * Thomas H. Cook, mystery writer
 * Lt. Gen. Duward Crow (1919–1997), Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, USAF and Associate Deputy Administrator, NASA
 * James Dean, author, artist (Pete the Cat)
 * Jerry Ellis, author
 * Howard Finster, religious folk artist and Baptist minister
 * Flock Family (NASCAR drivers)
 * Bob Flock (1918–1964)
 * Fonty Flock (1921–1972)
 * Tim Flock (1924–1998)
 * Ethel Mobley (1920–1984)
 * Milford W. Howard, congressman and author
 * Sheila LaBarre, convicted murderer
 * Lt. Gen. Forrest S. McCartney, USAF, and director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center
 * James McKinney, 5-string banjo player
 * Evan McPherson, NFL player
 * Larry Nelson, professional golfer
 * Philip Ober, actor
 * Lilius Bratton Rainey, congressman
 * Ron Sparks, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nominee
 * Edward Stinson, aviator and founder of the Stinson Aircraft Company
 * Katherine Stinson, pioneer aviator, fourth woman in the U.S. to become a licensed pilot; sister of Edward Stinson

Local facts
For a time beginning in 1989, Fort Payne held the world record for "Largest Cake Ever Baked", for a cake of 128238 lb baked to commemorate the city's centennial.

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Fyffe, Alabama

Fyffe is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1956. At the 2020 census, the population was 967. Fyffe is located atop Sand Mountain.

History
Fyffe was founded in the 1880s. The origin of the name "Fyffe" is obscure, though it was apparently suggested by the Postal Service when the post office was established. A high school was established shortly afterward in 1917.

In 1959, Fyffe hosted the National Sacred Harp Singing Convention, a gathering of Sacred Harp musicians from around the region. Noted musicologist Alan Lomax recorded many of the performances at the convention.

An EF5 tornado struck this city on April 27, 2011, touching down in Lakeview, initially causing structural damage to small buildings and snapping trees. It grew in intensity, causing major structural damage to several homes and buildings before moving on to Rainsville, where damage was even more extensive.

Geography
Fyffe is located at 34.4469°N, -85.90659°W. The town is situated along State Route 75, southwest of Rainsville and Shiloh, near the eastern edge of Sand Mountain.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.4 sqmi, all land.

Demographics
As of the 2010 census Fyffe had a population of 1,018. There were 418 households. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 93.7% non-Hispanic white, 0.3% African American, 1.5% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 1.1% from some other race, 2.5% from two or more races and 1.3% Hispanic or Latino or any race.

As of 2000, there were 971 people, 411 households, and 286 families residing in the town. The population density was 220.5 PD/sqmi. There were 458 housing units at an average density of 40.2 /km2. The racial make-up of the town was 94.03% White, 0.93% African American, 1.24% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.13% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races. 1.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 411 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 30.2% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,298, and the median income for a family was $31,908. Males had a median income of $30,385 versus $18,636 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,713. 21.6% of the population and 13.7% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 33.6% were under the age of 18 and 19.9% were 65 or older.

Government
Fyffe has a Mayor/Council form of government.

Education
Fyffe High School, home of the "Red Devils," is a member of the DeKalb County School System. Fyffe will be classified as a 3A school in the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. The current Principal is Tim McCollum.

The Fyffe High School football team that has been known as a football powerhouse has led by legendary Coach Paul Benefield and has won multiple state championships in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023. They are viewed by most as one of the most dominant teams in Alabama class 2A history. The Fyffe High School basketball team won the state championship in 2021, led by Now-Retired Coach Neil Thrash. Fyffe High School's cheerleaders have also been a dominant team, winning 11 state championships in both 2A and 3A from 2012 to 2023.

The girls varsity basketball team dominated in the late 1980's and 90's. Led by coach Mike Cochran, his teams won state championships in 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2000.

Arts and culture
The town of Fyffe was the location of UFO sightings on Friday and Saturday, February 11–12, 1989. More than fifty people (at a time when the town of less than two thousand residents) called the Fyffe Police Department to report sightings on two separate occasions. This was later mentioned by late comedian Bill Hicks on his album (and video) "Relentless".

As a way of remembering the UFO sightings, Fyffe is home to an annual UFO (Unforgettable Family Outing) Festival every August and features hot air balloon rides available to the public as well as musical entertainment and outdoor games.

Notable people

 * Lowell Barron, Alabama state senator
 * Vestal Goodman, Southern Gospel artist, founding member of the Happy Goodman Family
 * Charlie Long, former professional football player
 * Frank O. Slater, Navy sailor killed in World War 2. USS Slater named in his honor
 * Bobby Wood, Tennessee state representative

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Geraldine, Alabama

Geraldine is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in February 1957. At the 2020 census, the population was 910.

Geography
Geraldine is located at 34.35361°N, -86.00389°W (34.353654, -86.004002). The town is located atop Sand Mountain, about halfway between Rainsville to the northeast and Albertville to the southwest. State Route 75 and State Route 227 intersect near the center of town. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.9 sqmi, of which 3.9 sqmi is land and 0.26% is water.

Governing body
The current Mayor of Geraldine is John "Chuck" Ables. He is currently serving in his 3rd term as Mayor. The Town Council consists of Mayor Chuck Ables, Mayor Pro Tem. Larry Lingerfelt, Stanley Rooks, Melissa Gilbert, Scott Tarrant, and Tony Taylor. The Chief of Police is Heath Albright.

Demographics
As of the 2010 census Geraldine had a population of 896. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 92.5% non-Hispanic white, 0.3% black or African American, 3.7% Native American, 0.7% from some other race, 1.8% from two or more races (1.6% of whom reported Native American as one of their races) and 2.0% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

As of the census of 2000, there were 786 people, 351 households, and 230 families residing in the town. The population density was 202.3 PD/sqmi. There were 394 housing units at an average density of 101.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 97.96% White, 1.15% Native American, and 0.89% from two or more races. 0.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 351 households, out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,028, and the median income for a family was $34,583. Males had a median income of $27,083 versus $20,179 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,330. About 12.1% of families and 17.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Geraldine School (PK-12), "home of the Bulldogs," is a member of the DeKalb County School System. As of December 2023, Geraldine is classified as a 3A high school. On average, the school produces 50-100 graduating students each year. The current principal is Robert Richey.

Notable people

 * Damon Johnson, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
 * Andrew Pope, country music singer and songwriter
 * Pat Upton, Spiral Starecase singer, guitarist and songwriter

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Hammondville, Alabama

Hammondville is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1937. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 488.

Geography
Hammondville is located at 34.56944°N, -85.63833°W (34.569414, -85.638305).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.9 sqmi, all land.

Demographics
As of the 2010 census Hammondville had a population of 488. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 88.3% non-Hispanic white, 0.8% black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 5.1% from some other race, 3.3% from two or more races and 6.8% Hispanic or Latino or any race.

As of the census of 2000, there were 486 people, 193 households, and 150 families residing in the town. The population density was 99.0 PD/sqmi. There were 216 housing units at an average density of 44.0 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 95.27% White, 1.65% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.62% from other races, and 1.85% from two or more races. 2.67% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 193 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,056, and the median income for a family was $34,500. Males had a median income of $33,542 versus $17,045 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,582. About 8.0% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.2% of those under age 18 and 20.0% of those age 65 or over.

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Henagar, Alabama

Henagar is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,292.

Henagar is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau.

History
Henagar was first settled circa 1855. The town is named after an early settler, George Henegar. A post office was established in 1878. It was then that a postal official misspelled the town's name as "Henagar". In 1901, a public school was built. At daybreak on November 18, 1906, a Sunday, a tornado struck the town, and all "fifteen stores and houses were reduced to splinters." They rebuilt, and Henagar incorporated in 1965.

Geography
Henagar is located in northern DeKalb County; it borders Jackson County in the northwest.

Alabama State Route 40 passes through the original center of town, leading east 8 mi to Interstate 59 in Hammondville and west 19 mi to Scottsboro. Alabama State Route 75 crosses AL 40 in the newer commercial part of Henagar and leads northeast 8 mi to Ider and southwest 10 mi to Rainsville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Henagar has a total area of 57.8 km2, of which 57.7 km2 is land and 0.1 km2, or 0.15%, is water. South Sauty Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River, flows southwest through the central and southern part of the city.

2000 census
At the 2000 census there were 2,400 people, 937 households, and 715 families living in the town. The population density was 109.8 PD/sqmi. There were 1,056 housing units at an average density of 48.3 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.46% White, 1.67% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 1.58% from two or more races. 0.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 937 households 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 21.7% of households were one person and 10.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.96.

The age distribution was 24.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median household income was $29,777 and the median family income was $34,469. Males had a median income of $29,309 versus $19,401 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,836. About 10.3% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.0% of those under age 18 and 25.5% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census
At the 2010 census there were 2,344 people, 942 households, and 676 families living in the town. The population density was 107.0 PD/sqmi. There were 1,092 housing units at an average density of 49.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.2% White, 1.8% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. 1.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 942 households 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 25.2% of households were one person and 10.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93.

The age distribution was 23.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% 65 or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males.

The median household income was $32,130 and the median family income was $39,432. Males had a median income of $40,227 versus $24,122 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,701. About 17.9% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.5% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,292 people, 833 households, and 608 families residing in the city.

Arts and culture
The Sand Mountain Potato Festival is celebrated each July in Henagar, with potatoes, live music, entertainment, arts and crafts, games, and fireworks.

A drive-in theater is located in Henagar.

Education
Students are served by the DeKalb County Board of Education.

Henagar Junior High School, home of "The Wildcats", is located in the town.

Notable people

 * Charlie Louvin, country music singer

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Ider, Alabama

Ider is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 735. It incorporated in October 1973.

Geography
Ider is located at 34.70389°N, -85.67389°W (34.703941, -85.673983). The town is situated atop Sand Mountain, a few miles west of the Alabama-Georgia state line. Alabama State Route 75 and Alabama State Route 117 intersect in Ider.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.4 sqmi, all land.

Major highways

 * Alabama 75.svg State Route 75
 * Alabama 117.svg State Route 117

Demographics
As of the 2010 census Ider had a population of 723. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 93.2% non-Hispanic white, 0.6% black or African American, 4.0% Native American, 0.1% some other race, 2.1% from two or more races and 0.1% Hispanic or Latino or any race.

As of the census of 2000, there were 664 people, 282 households, and 192 families residing in the town. The population density was 122.2 /mi2. There were 310 housing units at an average density of 57.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.39% White, 0.00% Black, 1.20% Native American, 0.45% from other races, and 1.96% from two or more races. 0.60% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 282 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,563, and the median income for a family was $36,146. Males had a median income of $30,139 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,040. About 13.6% of families and 19.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 18.6% of those age 65 or over.

School
Ider High School, which is a member of the DeKalb County School System. For the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, Ider will be classified as a 1A school. The current Principal is Tyler Brooks.

Library
Ider Public Library - Located at 10808 AL HWY 75 The Ider Homemakers Club came up with the idea of creating a community library around 1994. The Ider City Council liked the idea and they facilitated the successful applications for county and state grants for funding the creation and operation of the new community facility. The regulations stated that someone with a degree in Library Science had to set up the library. Mrs. Virginia York had such a degree and volunteered many hours to organizing the library. Mrs. Virginia Adams was the first librarian. (Source of information: Louise S. Berry, Flat Rock, AL 2009)

Festivals
Ider annually holds a festival known as Mule Day. This festival is held on Labor Day each year. Mule Day activities include horse and mule pulls, an antique tractor and car show, food, arts and crafts, gospel singing, and children's games. Canceled as of 2017

Parades
Ider hosts three annual parades.
 * The Mule Day Parade takes place in September on Labor Day and coincides with the Mule Day festivities. Various community and Ider School organizations participate in the parade. Canceled as of 2017
 * The Homecoming Parade usually takes place during the month of October. This parade kicks off celebrations centered on Ider High School's Homecoming football game.
 * The Christmas Parade takes place every year in December. The Ider High School Band is part of the parade.

Attractions

 * Ider Town Park which hosts Mule Day has a lighted walking trail, a picnic area, tennis courts, baseball fields, a playground, and a stage.

Notable person

 * Todd Greeson, member of the Alabama House of Representatives since 1998

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Lakeview, Alabama

Lakeview is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 161. Lakeview is located atop Sand Mountain.

Geography
Lakeview is located in western DeKalb County at 34.39222°N, -85.97333°W (34.392298, -85.973244), along Alabama State Route 75, which leads northeast 10 mi to Rainsville and southwest 2.5 mi to Geraldine.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lakeview has a total area of 1.6 km2, all land.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 163 people, 65 households, and 49 families residing in the town. The population density was 259.7 PD/sqmi. There were 69 housing units at an average density of 109.9 /mi2. The racial makeup of the town was 95.09% White, 3.68% Native American, and 1.23% from two or more races.

There were 65 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 23.1% 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 2.51 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $41,875. Males had a median income of $30,250 versus $13,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $35,714. About 5.9% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.7% of those under the age of 18 and 8.3% of those 65 or over.

title: Lakeview, Alabama