Editing Falkville, Alabama (section)

==History==
Falkville was named for Louis M. Falk, a [[Prussia]]n merchant who emigrated to the area in the late 1850s. Falk opened a general store in what is now Falkville in 1859<ref>[http://falkville.org/history.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001164606/http://falkville.org/history.htm |date=October 1, 2018 }}, Town of Falkville official site</ref> and later became the town's first postmaster.<ref name=eoa /> The [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L&N Railroad]] was constructed through Falkville in the early 1870s, and a rail station opened in 1872.<ref name=eoa />

In 1936, the [[Works Progress Administration]] constructed a town hall for Falkville. This building now serves as the town's library.<ref>Alabama Tourism Department marker in Falkville, Alabama. Information accessed September 16, 2018.</ref>

===1950s tornadoes===
Two destructive tornadoes hit the town in the 1950s. On [[Tornadoes of 1955#April 21–24|April 24, 1955]], an F4 tornado tore directly through the town, killing five and injuring 20.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alabama F4 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19550424.1.3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803193028/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19550424.1.3 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 3, 2011 |website=Tornado History Projects |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> Two years later, on [[tornado outbreak of April 8, 1957|April 8, 1957]], a long-tracked F3 tornado hit the southern part of town. That storm killed two and injured 90.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alabama F3 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19570408.1.6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004082753/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19570408.1.6 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |website=Tornado History Projects |publisher=Storm Prediction Center |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref>

=== Falkville Metal Man ===
In 1973, Falkville Chief of Police Jeff Greenhaw responded to a call reporting a crashed [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]]. Greenhaw claimed to have seen and photographed a mysterious metallic figure with superhuman speed. In 1983 he filed a report that the photographs he took had been stolen from his home. The alleged incident has since become popular among [[Ufology|UFOlogists]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Law |first=Olivia |date=2021-07-10 |title=Do you believe in the Metal Man? |url=https://www.cullmantribune.com/2021/07/10/do-you-believe-in-the-metal-man/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=The Cullman Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>