Editing Eva, Alabama

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|area_total_km2           = 11.14
|area_total_sq_mi         = 4.30
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|population_total         = 589
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'''Eva''' is a town in [[Morgan County, Alabama|Morgan County]], [[Alabama]], United States, and is included in the [[Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama|Decatur Metropolitan Area]] and the [[Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the town was 589,<ref name="Census 2020"/> up from 519 in 2010. The mayor currently is Gary Livingston.

==History==

Originally called "Cowhead", the town began to be settled in 1820, just a year after Alabama achieved statehood.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Alabama">{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org|title=Encyclopedia of Alabama|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama|access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> William J. Rook began a post office in Cowhead in 1883; however, it was closed a month later. According to local lore, at a community meeting, the town received its current name "Eva" in October 1883 at the suggestion of a local physician, Dr. Lewis Keller, who had just delivered a beautiful baby girl by that name, Eva Brandon. He liked that name because like the girl, the town was just getting started. After discussion, the community agreed upon the name Eva because the town needed a new name as a prerequisite for establishing a new post office.<ref name="Eva School">{{Cite web|url=http://www.evaschool.org|title=Eva School -|website=Eva School|access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> It was not until 1887 that the town's name was officially changed from Cowhead.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Alabama"/>

In 1916, Mr. Wiley Steward, local sawmill owner, donated {{convert|5|acre}} of land to the town, for the construction of a new school. In 1918, using donations from the local community, Eva gazed with admiration upon a beautiful new four-room schoolhouse. As time went by, the need for higher educational training for the community was realized. In an effort spearheaded by local physician J. G. Daves, later deemed "the father of Eva School", in the 1920s a community campaign was set forth to raise the necessary funds to build another school. Even the Great Depression could not hold this thriving community down from its dream of higher education for its children.

It was a community undertaking, but the fairy tale dream of a resolute community was realized in 1930, when Eva became a proud possessor of an accredited high school and held graduation exercises with a senior class composed of three members.

The community forged ahead and in its desire to add to the curriculum of the school, through local donations, added a vocational agriculture building, elementary building, and in 1938 completed a large stone gymnasium.

In 1972, with the opening of Albert P. Brewer High School in Florette, Eva High School was consolidated into this new east regional Morgan County High School facility.<ref name="Eva School"/>

In 1996, the Morgan County Board of Education, through a capital funds campus upgrade, demolished the old school buildings, excluding the gymnasium that was constructed in 1985 and the old lunchroom building, constructed in the mid 1960s. The campus was rebuilt, with a beautiful new modern K-8 building. Today, Eva School, as it has done for a century, continues to serve as source of pride for the Eva community.

Eva incorporated as a town in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3497|title=Eva}}</ref>

==Geography==
Eva is located in southeastern Morgan County at {{coord|34|19|31|N|86|44|52|W|type:city}} (34.325209, -86.747722).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Its southern border touches the border with [[Cullman County, Alabama|Cullman County]]. It is {{convert|15|mi}} southeast of [[Hartselle, Alabama|Hartselle]] and {{convert|28|mi}} south-southeast of [[Decatur, Alabama|Decatur]], the Morgan [[county seat]]. [[Cullman, Alabama|Cullman]] is {{convert|13|mi}} to the southwest, and [[Arab, Alabama|Arab]] is {{convert|18|mi}} to the east.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town of Eva has a total area of {{convert|4.3|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqmi|2}}, or 0.74%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The town center, at an elevation of {{convert|1105|ft}} above sea level, is just north of the [[Tennessee Valley Divide]]. The town drains west toward [[Flint Creek (Alabama)|Flint Creek]] and east toward Cotaco Creek, both of which are north-flowing tributaries of the [[Tennessee River]]. The southernmost parts of town drain south to Eightmile Creek, a tributary of the [[Broglen River]] and part of the [[Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River]] watershed.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 146
|1980= 185
|1990= 438
|2000= 491
|2010= 519
|2020= 589
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522161634/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|archive-date=May 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 491 people, 194 households, and 152 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|168.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 213 housing units at an average density of {{convert|72.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.37% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 1.43% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 194 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $38,958, and the median income for a family was $45,781. Males had a median income of $32,159 versus $21,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,069. About 7.2% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Edsel Ford (poet)|Edsel Ford]], poet

==References==
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{{Morgan County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Towns in Morgan County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]
[[Category:Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama]]
[[Category:Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area]]