Editing Aliceville, Alabama

{{Short description|City in Alabama, United States}}
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{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Aliceville, Alabama
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|image_caption            = Street Scene in Aliceville
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|image_seal               = Seal of Aliceville, Alabama.png
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|map_caption              = Location of Aliceville in Pickens County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pickens County, Alabama|Pickens]]
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 4.57
|area_land_sq_mi          = 4.57
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|elevation_ft             = 194
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 2177
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 476.37
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 35442
|area_codes                = [[Area codes 205 and 659|205, 659]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-01228
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0112988
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.thecityofaliceville.com/}}
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 11.84
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}}

'''Aliceville''' is a city in [[Pickens County, Alabama|Pickens County]], [[Alabama]], [[United States]], located thirty-six miles west of [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. At the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] its population was 2,486, down from 2,567 in 2000. Founded in the first decade of the 20th century and incorporated in 1907,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3260|title=Aliceville|website=[[Encyclopedia of Alabama]]|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref> the city has become notable for its [[World War II]]-era prisoner-of-war camp, [[Camp Aliceville]]. Since 1930, it has been the largest municipality in Pickens County.<ref>1830-2010 U.S. Censuses research on Pickens County, Alabama communities</ref>

==History==
[[File:1907.09.01.excitement.at.aliceville.montgomery.advertiser.png|thumb|left|220px|Story from the ''[[Montgomery Advertiser]]'' (September 1, 1907) about a lynching in Aliceville]]
In 1902 the settlement that would become Aliceville was founded with the opening of a single store.<ref name=fertile>{{cite news|title=Aliceville is in Most Fertile Part of Pickens County What Was Once a Swamp Has Now Become a Thriving Little City|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=April 27, 1916|page=7}}</ref>  The city was named in honor of the wife of John T. Cochrane, founder of the [[Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad]] and moving force behind the construction of the short line from [[Carrollton, Alabama]] to Aliceville.<ref name=story>{{cite news|title=The Story of Aliceville Only Two Years of Age|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=September 18, 1905|author=Will T. Sheehan|page=5}}</ref>  Within two years of the completion of the short line, Aliceville had grown to what the ''[[Montgomery Advertiser]]'' called in 1905 "a town of considerable pretensions.  There are about a dozen stores, a bank, public buildings and numerous enterprises."<ref name=boom>{{cite news|title=To Boom Aliceville Company is Organized for That Purpose.|work=[[Montgomery Advertiser]]|date=June 2, 1905|page=2}}</ref>

In 1907 an election was scheduled to allow the citizens of Aliceville to decide whether their community should be incorporated.<ref>{{cite news|title=To Incorporate Aliceville. Extension of Railroad to Farfield is Progressing|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=February 2, 1907|page=2}}</ref>  Incorporation was approved by the voters, and on March 19, 1907, a municipal election was held to choose municipal officers, including a mayor and five aldermen: T.H. Sommerville, J.M. Summerville, A. Hood, J.D. Sanders, W.E. Stringfellow, and J.B. Cunningham, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aliceville Election. West Alabama Magie Town Selects its First Officers|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=March 20, 1907|page=8}}</ref>

In August 1907 a black man named Gibson was [[Lynching|lynched]] in Aliceville, which caused civil disturbances in the community.<ref name=excitement>{{cite news|title=Excitement at Aliceville: Mounted Negroes Fired on and One is Hurt|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=September 1, 1907|page=6}}</ref>  Rumors swirled that "the negroes were arming themselves," and a group of blacks on horseback were fired on in the street.<ref name=excitement/>  Gibson's father was subsequently "ordered to leave the county on account of some impertient (sic) talk."<ref name=excitement/>

By March 1908, municipal officials had decreed that all streets should have ten-foot sidewalks built on both sides.<ref name=progress>{{cite news|title=Progress of Aliceville. Street and Sidewalks Are Being Improved|work=Montgomery Advertiser|page=8|date=March 2, 1908}}</ref>  Property owners were to be responsible for building the sidewalks in front of their parcels.<ref name=progress/>  This work, along with the paving of the streets, was largely completed by June 1910 and the city began considering the installation of water and electricity.<ref>{{cite news|title=News of Aliceville Work of Street Paving in Completed|work=Montgomery Advertiser|page=8|date=June 7, 1910}}</ref>

===Camp Aliceville===
{{main|Camp Aliceville}}
During [[World War II]], a [[Prisoner-of-war camp]] was set up in Aliceville to hold 6,000 [[Nazi Germany|German]] prisoners, most from the [[Afrika Korps]], although the population of the camp rarely exceeded 3,500.<ref name=Cronenberg>{{cite book|last=Cronenberg|first=Allen|title=Forth to the Mighty Conflict: Alabama and World War II|year=2003|publisher=[[University of Alabama Press]]|isbn=0817307370|pages=[https://archive.org/details/forthtomightycon0000cron/page/95 95]–103|url=https://archive.org/details/forthtomightycon0000cron|url-access=registration|quote=world war two prison alabama.}}</ref>  The camp operated between June 2, 1943<ref name=Cronenberg/> and September 30, 1945.<ref name=columbus>{{cite book|author=Rufus Ward|title=Columbus Chronicles: Tales from East Mississippi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VyZT7Q30xzAC&pg=PA88|year=2012|publisher=The History Press|isbn=978-1-60949-859-7|page=88}}</ref>  Prisoners were brought to the camp via the [[St. Louis – San Francisco Railway]].<ref name=Cronenberg/>

The only remaining trace of the camp is an old stone chimney.<ref name=columbus/>  However, there is a German POW collection at the Aliceville Museum and Cultural Arts Center<ref>{{cite book|author=Arnold Krammer|author-link=Arnold Krammer|title=Prisoners of War: A Reference Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOxW0gy-rkkC&pg=PP9|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99300-9|page=9}}</ref> which retains documentation from the camp including maps, photographs, camp publications, letters, and artwork.<ref name=tusca>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5DQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qKUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769%2C2798583|title=Aliceville|work=The Tuscaloosa News|date=July 11, 1993}}</ref>
[[File:1937.06.02.Ingleside.house.aliceville.alabama.by.alex.bush.jpg|left|thumb|Ingleside house in Aliceville, June 1937]]

===Civil rights movement===

====1960====
During the [[civil rights movement]], organizing in small communities such as Aliceville was often more dangerous for activists than it was in larger cities because of their isolation.<ref name=jordan>{{cite book|author=Samuel S. Hill|title=On Jordan's Stormy Banks: Religion in the South : a Southern Exposure Profile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SvIR8X9jO8C&pg=PA23|year=1983|publisher=Mercer University Press|isbn=978-0-86554-035-4|pages=23–5}}</ref>  As late as 1965, according to James Corder, a [[Primitive Baptists|Primitive Baptist]] minister from Aliceville, Pickens County had not yet experienced any civil unrest related to the movement.<ref name=jordan/>  Jordan was inspired by the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]] in March of that year to organize a civil rights group in Aliceville, which he called the "Rural Farm and Development Council" in order to avoid scrutiny.<ref name=jordan/>  The group organized protests at the Aliceville city hall to oppose officially sanctioned racism in the city.<ref name=jordan/>

In September 1969 black students held protests against the principal of an all-black school in Aliceville, prompting governor [[Albert Brewer]] to send [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] troops into the city.<ref name=wallace>{{cite news|title=Wallace Backed on School Stand: Alabama Legislature Urges Defiance of Integration&mdash;Classes Begin Calmly|date=September 5, 1969|page=1|work=New York Times|author=James T. Wooten}}</ref>  Two of the city's all-black schools were closed on September 4 due to the demonstrations, and they reopened the next day under National Guard supervision.<ref>{{cite news|title=Troops at Alabama Schools|work=New York Times|page=16}}</ref>

====1970s and 1980s====
In 1982, Aliceville native Maggie Bozeman testified at [[U.S. House of Representatives|Congressional]] hearings held in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], concerning proposed amendments to the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref name=enforcing>{{cite book|author=Marsha Darling|title=Enforcing and Challenging the Voting Rights Act: Race, Voting, and Redistricting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yajpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT346|date=February 24, 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-73045-1|page=346}}</ref>  She testified that as late as 1980 in Aliceville and Pickens County voting took place in the open rather than in private booths and that white police officers were stationed in polling places, taking photographs of people who assisted black voters.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lani Guinier|title=Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback Into a New Vision of Social Justice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUEt9KwNWmAC&pg=PA77|date=March 7, 2003|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-5351-2|page=77}}</ref>  This revelation outraged Republican congressman [[Henry Hyde]], who had previously been unconvinced of the necessity of amending the law.<ref name=enforcing/>

Bozeman's testimony followed her 1979<ref name=flare>{{cite news|title=Pickens County Flare-Up: The Story of 2 Blacks Found Guilty|newspaper=Washington Post|date=February 6, 1982|author=Art Harris|page=A6|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19440316873&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19440297699&cisb=22_T19440316882&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=64&nodeStateId=411en_US,1&docsInCategory=313&csi=8075&docNo=3}}{{subscription required}}</ref> arrest, conviction, and sentencing for vote fraud.<ref name=march>{{cite news|title=March Is Begun in Alabama To Back Voting Rights Law|author=Reginald Stuart|date=February 7, 1982|page=24|work=New York Times}}</ref>  Bozeman and fellow political activist Julia Wilder of [[Olney, Alabama]] were given "the sternest sentences for a vote fraud conviction in recent Alabama history": five years for Wilder and four for Bozeman.<ref name=march/>  The sentences were upheld on appeal, prompting the formation of an organization, the [[National Coalition to Free Julia Wilder and Maggie Bozeman and Save the Voting Rights Act]], and a march through Aliceville from [[Carrollton, Alabama]], to Montgomery to publicize their cause.<ref name=march/>

The [[United States Department of Justice]] sent eight [[poll-watcher]]s to Aliceville to observe the 1984 [[Partisan primary|primary election]] runoffs following reports from observers of the July 1984 main primaries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Justice Dept. to Send Poll-Watchers to South|work=New York Times|page=A14|date=July 31, 1984}}</ref>

===And after===
In November 2013 three tanker cars carrying [[crude oil]] exploded when an [[Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway]] train derailed near Aliceville.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crude Oil Train Derails; Explodes|work=Wall Street Journal|date=November 9, 2013|author1=Betsy Morris|author2=Cameron McWhirter|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19440297694&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=26&resultsUrlKey=29_T19440297699&cisb=22_T19440297698&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8142&docNo=26}}{{subscription required}}</ref> As of March 2014, the cleanup of the spilt oil was still not complete, despite four months of work.<ref>{{Cite news
 |last=Reeves 
 |first=Jay 
 |title=Oil mars Ala. swamp months after crude train crash 
 |work=Missoulian 
 |access-date=March 15, 2014 
 |date=March 15, 2014 
 |url=http://missoulian.com/news/national/oil-mars-ala-swamp-months-after-crude-train-crash/article_b4e12d82-809a-5388-ba93-65b5218e7ae2.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140315131924/http://missoulian.com/news/national/oil-mars-ala-swamp-months-after-crude-train-crash/article_b4e12d82-809a-5388-ba93-65b5218e7ae2.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=March 15, 2014
}}</ref> About 750,000 gallons of [[Bakken formation|Bakken crude]] was released.<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Robbins
| first = Michael W
| title = Why Do These Tank Cars Carrying Oil Keep Blowing Up?
| work = [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]
| access-date = July 1, 2014
| date = May 27, 2014
| url = https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/oil-tank-trains-bakken-crude-accidents
}}</ref>

==Geography==
Aliceville is located at {{coord|33|7|35|N|88|9|16|W|type:city}} (33.126276, -88.154427).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Aliceville has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=871010&cityname=Aliceville,+Alabama,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Aliceville, Alabama Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase.com|access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Aliceville, Alabama, 1991&ndash;2020 normals, extremes 1934&ndash;2022
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 81
|Feb record high F = 87
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 103
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 101
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 83

|Jan avg record high F = 73.1
|Feb avg record high F = 76.4
|Mar avg record high F = 81.8
|Apr avg record high F = 84.8
|May avg record high F = 90.4
|Jun avg record high F = 94.7
|Jul avg record high F = 97.4
|Aug avg record high F = 97.0
|Sep avg record high F = 94.8
|Oct avg record high F = 88.2
|Nov avg record high F = 79.0
|Dec avg record high F = 73.7
|year avg record high F = 98.7

|Jan high F = 54.9
|Feb high F = 59.9
|Mar high F = 68.1
|Apr high F = 75.0
|May high F = 82.3
|Jun high F = 88.5
|Jul high F = 90.9
|Aug high F = 90.7
|Sep high F = 86.4
|Oct high F = 76.9
|Nov high F = 66.0
|Dec high F = 57.7
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 44.1
|Feb mean F = 48.2
|Mar mean F = 55.7
|Apr mean F = 62.5
|May mean F = 70.4
|Jun mean F = 77.7
|Jul mean F = 81.1
|Aug mean F = 80.1
|Sep mean F = 75.0
|Oct mean F = 64.5
|Nov mean F = 53.8
|Dec mean F = 46.8
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 33.2
|Feb low F = 36.5
|Mar low F = 43.3
|Apr low F = 50.0
|May low F = 58.5
|Jun low F = 67.0
|Jul low F = 71.2
|Aug low F = 69.5
|Sep low F = 63.7
|Oct low F = 52.1
|Nov low F = 41.6
|Dec low F = 36.0
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 16.6
|Feb avg record low F = 20.4
|Mar avg record low F = 25.2
|Apr avg record low F = 34.2
|May avg record low F = 43.2
|Jun avg record low F = 56.4
|Jul avg record low F = 64.6
|Aug avg record low F = 61.0
|Sep avg record low F = 49.6
|Oct avg record low F = 34.5
|Nov avg record low F = 24.2
|Dec avg record low F = 21.5
|year avg record low F = 13.7

|Jan record low F = -2
|Feb record low F = 6
|Mar record low F = 12
|Apr record low F = 24
|May record low F = 34
|Jun record low F = 43
|Jul record low F = 56
|Aug record low F = 52
|Sep record low F = 38
|Oct record low F = 25
|Nov record low F = 12
|Dec record low F = -2

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.81
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.52
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.04
|Apr precipitation inch = 5.57
|May precipitation inch = 4.40
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.23
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.05
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.15
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.42
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.48
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.24
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.20
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.6
|Feb precipitation days = 9.0
|Mar precipitation days = 9.1
|Apr precipitation days = 7.8
|May precipitation days = 7.8
|Jun precipitation days = 9.2
|Jul precipitation days = 9.5
|Aug precipitation days = 8.4
|Sep precipitation days = 5.8
|Oct precipitation days = 5.3
|Nov precipitation days = 7.1
|Dec precipitation days = 9.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00010178&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access - Station: Aliceville, AL
|access-date = October 14, 2022
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00010184&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access - Station: Aliceville L&D, AL
|access-date = October 14, 2022
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
===Aliceville===
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1910= 640
|1920= 944
|1930= 1066
|1940= 1475
|1950= 3170
|1960= 3194
|1970= 2851
|1980= 3207
|1990= 3009
|2000= 2567
|2010= 2486
|2020= 2177
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="U.S. Decennial Census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Aliceville first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census as an incorporated town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Supplement for Alabama - Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Mines and Quarries |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41033935v1-8ch1.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1910}}</ref> It became the largest town in Pickens County in 1930,<ref>{{cite web |title=Alabama - Composition and Characteristics |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |pages=81{{endash}}140 |date=1930}}</ref> surpassing [[Reform, Alabama|Reform]], and continues to hold the title as of 2010.<ref name="2010CensusPopulation">{{cite web |author1=U.S. Census Bureau |title=Alabama: 2010 Census of Population and Housing - Summary Population and Housing Characteristics |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102125147/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-2.pdf |archive-date=November 2, 2019 |date=December 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Aliceville racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0101228&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|425
|19.52%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,679
|77.12%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|6
|0.28%
|-
|[[Race (United States census)|Other/Mixed]]
|41
|1.88%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|26
|1.19%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,177 people, 898 households, and 625 families residing in the city.

===2010 Census data===
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 2,486 people living in the city. 74.9% were [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 22.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.8% from some other race and 1.6% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 1.2% were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2000 Census data===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,567 people, 978 households, and 646 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|570.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,092 housing units at an average density of {{convert|242.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 32.29% [[Race (United States census)|White]], 66.54% [[Race (United States census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Race (United States census)|Native American]], 0.31% [[Race (United States census)|Asian]], and 0.74% from two or more races. 0.39% of the population were [[Race (United States census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 978 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 28.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.6% 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 3.20.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 75.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 64.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $17,092, and the median income for a family was $23,233. Males had a median income of $25,114 versus $15,952 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,028. About 38.7% of families and 44.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 64.6% of those under age 18 and 29.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Aliceville Precinct/Division (1930-)==
{{US Census population|align=left
|1930= 3154
|1940= 4798
|1950= 6221
|1960= 6664
|1970= 5739
|1980= 5456
|1990= 5373
|2000= 6156
|2010= 5384
|align-fn=center
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The Aliceville Precinct (Pickens County Precinct 19) first appeared on the 1930 U.S. Census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population - United States Summary |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch02.pdf |page=47 |date=1930}}</ref> Prior to that, from 1880 to 1920, it had been known as the Franconia Precinct.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table III - Population of Civil Divisions less than counties, in the aggregate at the Censuses of 1880 and 1870 |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-09.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1870}}</ref> In 1960, Aliceville precinct was changed to a census division as part of a general reorganization of counties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Number of Inhabitants - Alabama |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/37721510v1p2ch2.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |date=1960}}</ref> In 2000, it was merged with the Raleigh Census Division and renamed South Pickens Division.<ref>{{cite web |author1=U.S. Census Bureau |title=Alabama: 2000 Census of Population and Housing - Summary Population and Housing Characteristics |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202175555/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-2.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |date=June 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, the name was changed back to Aliceville Census Division.<ref name="2010CensusPopulation" />

==Economy==
Aliceville is home to the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville]].  Construction on the $250 million, 1,500-bed medium-security women's prison began in 2008 and was completed in 2011.  The facility also includes a 256-bed minimum-security work camp.

==Arts and culture==
Aliceville is home to the [[Aliceville POW Museum]], which houses papers, letters, documents, maps, and other material from the World War II prisoner of war camp situated in the city from 1942 to 1945.<ref name=tusca/>  The museum opened in 1995 and, in addition to the POW material, houses a permanent exhibit on the Aliceville [[Coca-Cola]] bottling plant.<ref>{{cite web|title=History |publisher=cityofaliceville.com |url=http://www.cityofaliceville.com/POWHistory.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214053725/http://www.cityofaliceville.com/POWHistory.htm |archive-date=December 14, 2007 }} (archived from the original on December 14, 2007)</ref>

==Education==
* Aliceville High School
* Aliceville Middle School
* Aliceville Elementary School

==Notable people==
*[[Stephen Fleck]], medical officer at Camp Aliceville<ref>{{cite journal|author1=S. Fleck|author2=J.W. Kellam, J. W.|author3=A.J. Klippen, A. J.|title=Diphtheria Among German Prisoners of War|journal=Bull. U. S. Army M|number=74|pages=80–89|date=March 1944}}</ref>
*[[Butch Hobson]], major league [[third baseman]] and manager<ref>{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|author=Jim Murray|title=It Really Was Hobson's Choice|date=March 17, 1981|page=D1}}</ref>
*[[Amos Jones]], American football coach
*[[Walter Jones (American football)|Walter Jones]], former offensive tackle for the [[Seattle Seahawks]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Stewart|title=The Seattle Seahawks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9KtcIsLrbYC&pg=PT45|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=Norwood House Press|isbn=978-1-59953-201-1|page=45}}</ref>
*[[Simmie Knox]], [[portrait]] artist<ref>{{cite book|author=Jessie Carney Smith|title=Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=steLXpuOONEC&pg=PA2004|date=December 1, 2012|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=978-1-57859-425-2|page=2004}}</ref>
*[[Henry Smith (American football)|Henry Smith]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[defensive tackle]]

==Photo Gallery==
<gallery>
File:AL17nRoad-AL14ewSigns-Aliceville (39078261005).jpg|Roadsigns at Aliceville
File:George Downer Airport.jpg|George Downer Airport, Aliceville
File:FCIalicevillefull.jpg|Federal Correctional Institution, Aliceville
File:Dr. William Hughes Plantation 01.jpg|Dr. William Hughes Plantation, 1937 (near Aliceville)
File:Dr. William Hughes Plantation 02.jpg|Dr. William Hughes Plantation, 1937 (near Aliceville)
File:Dr. William Hughes Plantation 04.jpg|Interior Stairway, Dr. William Hughes Plantation, 1937 (near Aliceville)
File:Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, June 2, 1937 LOOKING NORTHEAST AT REAR. - Dr. William Hughes House and Outbuildings, Hughes Creek vicinity, HABS ALA,54-ALIC.V,1-2.tif|Dr. William Hughes Plantation, 1937 (near Aliceville)
File:Historic American Buildings Survey Alex Bush, Photographer, June 2, 1937 LOOKING NORTH EAST AT FRONT. - Ingleside, House and Outbuildings, Second Street (State Highway 14), HABS ALA,54-ALIC,1-1.tif|Ingleside House, 1937, Aliceville
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Aliceville Elementary and High School]]

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Ruth Beaumont Cook|title=Guests Behind the Barbed Wire: German POWs in America: A True Story Of Hope And Friendship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZLWAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Crane Hill Publishers|isbn=978-1-57587-260-5}} - A history of Camp Aliceville which "highlights the human dimension of war and captivity, and shows the various ways in which the small community of Aliceville became connected to events and places in the United States and abroad."<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Alabama Review|title=Guests Behind the Barbed Wire: German POWs in America; A True Story of Hope and Friendship (review)|author=Matthias Reiss|volume=60|number=4|year=2007|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA206866495&v=2.1&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=035749a926185c290dab5e444c45b7af}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

==Notes==
:{{note|Alpha|α}} "The onlooker," but literally "the fence-guest."

==References==
=== Notes ===
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===References===
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214053240/http://www.cityofaliceville.com/POWOverview.htm Archived version of Camp Alice POW Museum Official Website]
* [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91065036/ Library of Congress record for ''Der Zaungast'', Camp Alice prisoner newsletter]

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