Editing Grove Hill, Alabama

{{short description|City in Clarke County, Alabama}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Grove Hill, Alabama
|settlement_type          = Town
|image_skyline            = Clarke County Courthouse.jpg
|imagesize                =
|image_caption            = Clarke County Courthouse in Grove Hill
|image_seal               = Seal of Grove Hill, Alabama.png
|image_map                = Clarke County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Grove Hill Highlighted 0132080.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Grove Hill in Clarke County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_type1        = State
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Clarke County, Alabama|Clarke]]
|government_type          = Mayor/Council
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Ross Wood
|established_date         =
|area_magnitude           =
|area_total_km2           = 19.68
|area_total_sq_mi         = 7.60
|area_land_km2            = 19.66
|area_land_sq_mi          = 7.59
|area_water_km2           = 0.02
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|elevation_ft             = 505
|elevation_m              = 154
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     =
|population_total         = 1818
|population_metro         =
|population_density_km2   = 92.48
|population_density_sq_mi = 239.53
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|31|42|22|N|87|46|27|W|region:US-AL|display=inline}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 36451
|area_code                = [[Area code 251|251]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-32080
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0155087
|footnotes                =
|website                  = https://townofgrovehillalabama.com/
|pop_est_as_of =
|pop_est_footnotes =
|population_est =
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''Grove Hill''' is a town in [[Clarke County, Alabama|Clarke County]], Alabama, United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 1,818. It is the [[county seat]] of Clarke County and home of the [[Clarke County Museum]].

==History==
The area that is now Grove Hill was originally inhabited by Creek and Choctaw Indians. During the [[Creek War]], settlers in the community sought protection in [[Fort White (Alabama)|Fort White]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Place Names in Alabama|last=Foscue|first=Virginia|date=1989|publisher=The University of Alabama Press|isbn=0-8173-0410-X|location=[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]|page=66}}</ref> The county seat of Clarke County was established at what later became Grove Hill in 1832 as the spot was most central to the rest of the county. Known variously as Smithville, then Macon, the name Grove Hill was selected around 1850 for the large grove of oak trees on the plateau. The town was officially incorporated and chartered in 1929.<ref name=chamber>{{Cite web| title =  The Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce  |url = http://www.grovehillal.com/|archive-url = https://archive.today/20121206040410/http://www.grovehillal.com/|url-status = usurped|archive-date = December 6, 2012| access-date = January 15, 2010}}</ref> In 1853, a yellow fever epidemic struck the town, killing many residents, almost wiping out the town.<ref name=owen>{{Cite book  | last = Owen  | first = Thomas McAdory |author2=Marie Bankhead Owen  | title = History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 1  | publisher = The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company  | year = 1921  | pages = 716  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=alabama+history}}</ref>

The Grove Hill area has numerous sites on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] including the [[Alston-Cobb House]], [[Bush House (Grove Hill, Alabama)|Bush House]], [[John A. Coate House]], [[Cobb House (Grove Hill, Alabama)|Cobb House]], [[Dickinson House (Grove Hill, Alabama)|Dickinson House]], [[Fort Sinquefield]], and the [[Grove Hill Courthouse Square Historic District]].<ref name="NRIS">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|5.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<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>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Grove Hill has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (abbreviated ''Cfa'').

{{Weather box
|location = Grove Hill, 1991–2020 simulated normals (505 ft elevation)
|collapsed = y
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =142.17
|Feb precipitation mm  =130.58
|Mar precipitation mm  =141.15
|Apr precipitation mm  =110.61
|May precipitation mm  =104.15
|Jun precipitation mm  =145.59
|Jul precipitation mm  =163.93
|Aug precipitation mm  =130.53
|Sep precipitation mm  =113.06
|Oct precipitation mm  =91.24
|Nov precipitation mm  =111.55
|Dec precipitation mm  =147.75
|Jan high C = 14.2
|Feb high C = 16.8
|Mar high C = 20.8
|Apr high C = 24.6
|May high C = 28.6
|Jun high C = 31.5
|Jul high C = 32.7
|Aug high C = 32.4
|Sep high C = 30.2
|Oct high C = 25.4
|Nov high C = 19.6
|Dec high C = 15.4
|Jan mean C  =8.3
|Feb mean C  =10.6
|Mar mean C  =14.3
|Apr mean C  =18.1
|May mean C  =22.6
|Jun mean C  =26.1
|Jul mean C  =27.3
|Aug mean C  =26.9
|Sep mean C  =24.5
|Oct mean C  =19.3
|Nov mean C  =13.4
|Dec mean C  =9.5
|Jan low C = 2.5
|Feb low C = 4.5
|Mar low C = 7.9
|Apr low C = 11.7
|May low C = 16.5
|Jun low C = 20.6
|Jul low C = 21.9
|Aug low C = 21.4
|Sep low C = 18.8
|Oct low C = 13.3
|Nov low C = 7.1
|Dec low C = 3.7
|Jan dew point C =3.8
|Feb dew point C =5.8
|Mar dew point C =8.6
|Apr dew point C =12.3
|May dew point C =16.7
|Jun dew point C =20.6
|Jul dew point C =22.1
|Aug dew point C =21.7
|Sep dew point C =19.4
|Oct dew point C =14.2
|Nov dew point C =8.9
|Dec dew point C =5.5
|source 1 = Prism Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 14, 2023}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 200
|1880= 176
|1890= 225
|1930= 491
|1940= 730
|1950= 1443
|1960= 1834
|1970= 1825
|1980= 1912
|1990= 1551
|2000= 1438
|2010= 1570
|2020= 1818
|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>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Grove Hill town, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Grove Hill town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0132080&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Grove Hill town, Alabama |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0132080&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Grove Hill town, Alabama |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0132080&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|889
|873
|style='background: #ffffe6; |938
|61.82%
|55.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |51.60%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|536
|646
|style='background: #ffffe6; |790
|37.27%
|41.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43.45%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.21%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.66%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.00%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.72%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.00%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.39%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|5
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36
|0.35%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.98%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22
|0.35%
|1.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.21%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,438'''
|'''1,570'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,818'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,818 people, 669 households, and 467 families residing in the town.

===2010 census===
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 2010, there were 1,570 people, 615 households, and 402 families residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 56.6% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 41.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.0% from two or more races. 2.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 582 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 21.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% 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 2.99.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.3 males.

==Education==
Public Education is provided by the Clarke County School System. Located in Grove Hill are [[Clarke County High School (Alabama)|Clarke County High School]] (grades 9 through 12), Wilson Hall Middle School (grades 5 through 8), and Grove Hill Elementary School (grades K though 4).

There is one private school in Grove Hill. [[Clarke Preparatory School]] provides education for grades K through 12.

==Media==

===Radio station===
[[WBMH]] 106.1 FM ([[Classic Country]])

== Notable people ==
* [[Lemuel J. Alston]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[South Carolina]] who lived in Grove Hill from 1816 until his death in 1836
* [[Doug Barfield]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4TgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3qUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4849,4713607&dq=doug+barfield+grove+hill&hl=en|title=The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> – [[Auburn University]] football coach
* [[Zechariah Bettis]], politician who served as the [[Surrogate Court|Probate Judge]] of [[Clarke County, Alabama]] during the [[American Civil War]]
* [[John W. Cranford]] – [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] for Texas.<ref>{{CongBio|C000876}}</ref>
* [[Grant Gillis]] – [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite web|title=Grant Gillis|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gilligr01.shtml|work=Baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Marc Keahey]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Alabama Senate]], representing the 22nd district
* [[F. David Mathews]] – [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]]{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
* [[Cliff Nobles]] – Pop musician
* [[Wes Goodwin]] - Defensive Coordinator at Clemson

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121206040410/http://www.grovehillal.com/ The Town of Grove Hill and the Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce Web site]}}

{{Coord|display=title|31.706137|-87.774274}}

{{Clarke County, Alabama}}
{{Alabama county seats}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

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[[Category:Towns in Clarke County, Alabama]]
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[[Category:County seats in Alabama]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1832]]
[[Category:1832 establishments in Alabama]]