Editing Grant, Alabama

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Grant, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = "Home of the DAR Patriots"
|motto                    = "...a scenic mountain town"
|image_skyline            = Grant-buildings-Main-6th-al.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = Buildings on Main Street
|image_seal               = Seal of Grant, Alabama.png
|image_map                = File:Marshall County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Grant Highlighted 0131096.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in Marshall County, Alabama
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Marshall County, Alabama|Marshall]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_date         = 
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web|title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 4.81
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.85
|area_land_km2            = 4.80
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.85
|area_water_km2           = 0.01
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|elevation_ft             = 1250
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0131096&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Grant town, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total         = 1039
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 216.68
|population_density_sq_mi = 561.32
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|34|30|10|N|86|15|19|W|region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 35747
|area_code                = [[Area code 256|256]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-31096
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2406603<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406603}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|www.grantal.org}}
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
|unit_pref = Imperial
}}
'''Grant''' is a town in [[Marshall County, Alabama|Marshall County]], [[Alabama]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of Grant was 1,039,<ref name="Census 2020"/> up from 896 at the 2010 census. It is included in the [[Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area]]. The town was incorporated on November 15, 1945, with Delbert Hodges serving as the first mayor.<ref name=eoa>James Kaetz, "[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3502 Grant]," ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', August 9, 2013.</ref>

==History==
Grant was settled in the late 1830s, and a post office was established in 1887. The town was named in honor of General [[Ulysses S. Grant]], as many residents in the area had [[Southern Unionist|supported the Union]] during the American Civil War.<ref name=eoa />

In 1924, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] (DAR) established the [[Kate Duncan Smith DAR School]] in Grant as part of a program to build schools in areas that lacked access to public education. The school, now listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], still serves K-12 students, and remains the only K-12 school owned and operated by the DAR.<ref name=eoa /><ref>Leslie Tucker, Christy Anderson, and Trina Brinkley, [https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/94cb16de-181b-4833-b671-d32efc4df8a3/ Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School], National Register of Historic Places inventory form, November 19, 2001.</ref>

==Geography==
Grant is located in northeastern Marshall County at an elevation of {{convert|1240|ft}} on the plateau of [[Gunters Mountain]]. The town is concentrated along County Road 5 (Cathedral Caverns Highway, signed as Main Street in Grant) near the northern edge of Gunters Mountain, though the town includes corridors along CR 5 southward across the mountain to the shore of [[Guntersville Lake]], and eastward along Baker Mountain Road to the edge of the mountain. Grant is {{convert|13|mi}} north of [[Guntersville, Alabama|Guntersville]], {{convert|18|mi}} southwest of [[Scottsboro, Alabama|Scottsboro]], and {{convert|30|mi}} southeast of [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town of Grant has a total area of {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|10961|sqm|acre|order=flip|2}}, or 0.22%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> A historic cave, [[Cathedral Caverns State Park|Cathedral Caverns]], lies {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of Grant near [[Kennamer Cove, Alabama|Kennamer Cove]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1950= 191
|1960= 274
|1970= 382
|1980= 632
|1990= 638
|2000= 665
|2010= 896
|2020= 1039
|align-fn=center
|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|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522161634/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2014|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2014 }}</ref>
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 665 people, 279 households, and 200 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|375.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 306 housing units at an average density of {{convert|172.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.54% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.60% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.05% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.15% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.50% from two or more races. 0.30% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 279 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.90. The Alabama median age was 39.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Noles|first=Jim|date=2009|title=''Mobile's Legal Legacy: 300 Years of Law in the Port City'' (review)|journal=Alabama Review|volume=62|issue=4|pages=306–308|doi=10.1353/ala.2009.0051|issn=2166-9961}}</ref>

In the town the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,188, and the median income for a family was $45,417. Males had a median income of $35,795 versus $29,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,014. About 6.0% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Grant racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0131096&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|975
|93.84%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|4
|0.38%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|10
|0.96%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|2
|0.19%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|33
|3.18%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|15
|1.44%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,039 people, 375 households, and 286 families residing in the town.

==Notable people==
*[[Vernon Derrick]], fiddle and mandolin player for [[Hank Williams Jr]]'s [[The Bama Band|Bama Band]] in the 1980s

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Grant, Alabama}}
*{{Official website|www.grantal.org}}
*[https://digitalalabama.com/best-small-towns-in-alabama/best-small-towns-in-alabama/28167 Best Small Towns in Alabama]

{{Marshall County, Alabama}}

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