Editing Headland, Alabama

{{short description|City in Alabama, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Headland
|settlement_type          = [[City (Alabama)|City]]
|image_skyline            = Headland, Alabama.JPG
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = This statue of a World War I [[Spirit of the American Doughboy|doughboy]], with his arm outstretched, honors all of Headland's military dead. It stands at the center of Headland Public Square.
|image_seal               = 
|image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Headland, Alabama.png
|blank_emblem_type        = Logo
|image_map                = File:Henry County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Headland Highlighted 0133856.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Headland in Henry County, Alabama.
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_type1        = State
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Henry County, Alabama|Henry]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Jody M.  Singleton ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]), 2025–present<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.headlandalabama.org/government/mayor-s-office|title=Mayor's Office - City of Headland, Alabama - Gem of the Wiregrass|website=headlandalabama.org|access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref>
|established_date         = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 78.58
|area_total_sq_mi         = 30.34
|area_land_km2            = 78.56
|area_land_sq_mi          = 30.33
|area_water_km2           = 0.03
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|elevation_ft             = 385
|elevation_m              = 
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 4973
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 63.31
|population_density_sq_mi = 163.96
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = −6
|coordinates              = {{coord|31|21|12|N|85|20|23|W|region:US-AL|display=inline}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = −5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 36345
|area_code                = [[Area code 334|334]]
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-33856
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0119910
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|www.headlandalabama.org}}
|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>
}}
'''Headland''' is the largest city in [[Henry County, Alabama|Henry County]], [[Alabama]], United States. It is part of the [[Dothan metropolitan area, Alabama|Dothan metropolitan area]]. In [[2020 United States census|2020]], the population was 4,973, up from 4,510<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Headland city, Alabama |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0133856 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> in the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].

==History==
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2022}}James Joshua Head (1839–1927) founded Headland in 1871 as "Head's Land". He patented land, plotted the town and built his home there. The Headland post office opened on October 10, 1871.

The Headland Public Square was laid off in 1871 by Head with a vision for a branch courthouse. Henry County voters decided in the 1879 and 1885 courthouse site elections not to locate a courthouse on the public square. Henry has been Alabama's only county with three courthouses at the same time.

Head sold Headland to Hosey C. Powell in 1879, who sold to Dr. Wyatt S. Oates in 1880. Head moved to [[Tampa, Florida]], in 1883 and later established [[Lake Magdalene, Florida]].

Headland incorporated in 1884 with 26 white and 4 Black petitioners. The railroad was built in 1893 along with the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot (Headland, Alabama)|Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot]]. The depot was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Henry County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on September 4, 1980. It has since been disassembled.

Headland's [[Spirit of the American Doughboy|''The Spirit of the American Doughboy'']] statue was the first public statue in Henry County. It was erected on the square in 1926 as a tribute to the town's military dead. The square was paved in 1935.

As of the [[1960 United States census|1960 U.S. census]], Headland had grown into Henry County's largest city, narrowly edging out [[Abbeville, Alabama|Abbeville]], which had been the largest since Dothan was removed into [[Houston County, Alabama|Houston County]] in 1903. Headland lost that distinction to Abbeville again in 1970, but regained it in 1980 and has since solidified its hold. In 2000, it broke Dothan's then-Henry County 1900 record of 3,275 residents with 3,523 and added nearly 1,000 more by 2010.

==Geography==
Headland is located in the southwest corner of Henry County at {{Coord|31|21|12|N|85|20|23|W|type:city}} (31.353410, -85.339793).<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> It is bordered to the south by the city of [[Dothan, Alabama|Dothan]] and town of [[Kinsey, Alabama|Kinsey]] in Houston County and to the west by [[Dale County, Alabama|Dale County]].

[[U.S. Route 431]], a four-lane highway, passes through the east side of Headland, leading south {{convert|10|mi|0}} to the center of Dothan and north {{convert|18|mi}} to Abbeville. [[Alabama State Route 134]] runs through the center of Headland, leading east {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Columbia, Alabama|Columbia]] next to the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] line, and west {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Midland City, Alabama|Midland City]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Headland has a total area of {{convert|78.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.03%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Headland, Alabama, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950&ndash;2022

|Jan record high F = 84
|Feb record high F = 87
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 101
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 84

|Jan avg record high F = 76.0
|Feb avg record high F = 78.9
|Mar avg record high F = 84.1
|Apr avg record high F = 88.2
|May avg record high F = 93.5
|Jun avg record high F = 97.3
|Jul avg record high F = 98.0
|Aug avg record high F = 97.5
|Sep avg record high F = 94.9
|Oct avg record high F = 89.3
|Nov avg record high F = 82.5
|Dec avg record high F = 77.9
|year avg record high F = 99.1

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =60.5
| Feb high F  =64.8
| Mar high F  =72.2
| Apr high F  =79.0
| May high F  =86.6
| Jun high F  =91.0
| Jul high F  =92.8
| Aug high F  =91.7
| Sep high F  =88.5
| Oct high F  =79.9
| Nov high F  =70.3
| Dec high F  =62.7
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =49.4
| Feb mean F  =53.1
| Mar mean F  =59.8
| Apr mean F  =66.2
| May mean F  =74.7
| Jun mean F  =80.2
| Jul mean F  =82.2
| Aug mean F  =81.2
| Sep mean F  =77.4
| Oct mean F  =67.9
| Nov mean F  =58.4
| Dec mean F  =51.8
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =38.2
| Feb low F  =41.3
| Mar low F  =47.4
| Apr low F  =53.5
| May low F  =62.8
| Jun low F  =69.4
| Jul low F  =71.6
| Aug low F  =70.6
| Sep low F  =66.2
| Oct low F  =55.9
| Nov low F  =46.5
| Dec low F  =40.8

|Jan avg record low F = 21.0
|Feb avg record low F = 24.8
|Mar avg record low F = 29.9
|Apr avg record low F = 38.7
|May avg record low F = 48.7
|Jun avg record low F = 60.9
|Jul avg record low F = 65.8
|Aug avg record low F = 63.7
|Sep avg record low F = 54.3
|Oct avg record low F = 38.7
|Nov avg record low F = 28.6
|Dec avg record low F = 25.2
|year avg record low F = 18.4

|Jan record low F = 0
|Feb record low F = 10
|Mar record low F = 12
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 41
|Jun record low F = 45
|Jul record low F = 51
|Aug record low F = 54
|Sep record low F = 39
|Oct record low F = 26
|Nov record low F = 15
|Dec record low F = 5

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =4.80
| Feb precipitation inch  =5.15
| Mar precipitation inch  =4.83
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.61
| May precipitation inch  =3.65
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.16
| Jul precipitation inch  =6.73
| Aug precipitation inch  =5.07
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.59
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.16
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.87
| Dec precipitation inch  =5.10

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.5
|Feb precipitation days = 9.7
|Mar precipitation days = 8.9
|Apr precipitation days = 7.4
|May precipitation days = 7.5
|Jun precipitation days = 12.0
|Jul precipitation days = 13.6
|Aug precipitation days = 12.6
|Sep precipitation days = 7.8
|Oct precipitation days = 6.2
|Nov precipitation days = 7.8
|Dec precipitation days = 9.6

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =0.0
| Feb snow inch  =0.1
| Mar snow inch  =0.0
| Apr snow inch  =0.0
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.0
| Nov snow inch  =0.0
| Dec snow inch  =0.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.1
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00013761&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: Headland, AL
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=tae
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Tallahassee
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 602
|1910= 1090
|1920= 1252
|1930= 1811
|1940= 2052
|1950= 2091
|1960= 2650
|1970= 2545
|1980= 3327
|1990= 3266
|2000= 3523
|2010= 4510
|2020= 4973
|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|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|access-date=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>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|census of 2010]],<ref name="2010 census">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=July 25, 2015 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> there were 4,510 people, 1,799 households, and 1,291 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|281.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,949 housing units at an average density of {{convert|121.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 70.1% White, 27.5% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 1.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,799 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $45,813, and the median income for a family was $50,120. Males had a median income of $37,025 versus $30,734 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,304. About 13.6% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 20.7% of those age 65 or over.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Headland racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0133856&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 17, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White Americans|White]] ([[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic]])
|3,541
|71.2%
|-
|[[African Americans|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,168
|23.49%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|6
|0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|24
|0.48%
|-
|Other/[[Multiracial people|Mixed]]
|176
|3.54%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|58
|1.17%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,973 people, 1,583 households, and 1,131 families residing in the city.

== Education ==
Headland is a part of the [[Henry County Public Schools]] system. It operates Headland Elementary School (K-5), Headland Middle School (6-9) and Headland High School (10-12).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.henrycountyboe.org/|title=Henry County School District|website=www.henrycountyboe.org|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>

==Sports==
Headland was home to the [[Headland Dixie Runners]], a [[minor league baseball|Minor League Baseball]] team in the [[Alabama State League]]/[[Alabama–Florida League]] from 1950 to 1952.

Headland was also the home to the 2016 Dixie Youth Baseball World Champions.

==Notable people==
{{alumni|residents|date=June 2019}}
* [[M. Watt Espy]], death penalty historian
* [[W. Thomas West]], former [[major general]] in the [[U.S. Air Force]]
* [[Charles Woods (Alabama)|Charles Woods]], businessman and political candidate

== Photo gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Headland, Alabama City Hall.JPG|Headland City Hall (erected 1930)
File:Blanche Solomon Library Headland, AL.JPG|Blanche R. Solomon Memorial Library
File:First Baptist Church of Headland, AL.JPG|The First Baptist Church of Headland was first organized in 1837.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|United States}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.headlandal.com/ Headland, Alabama Chamber of Commerce]
{{Coord|display=title|31.35341|-85.339793}}

{{Henry County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Cities in Alabama]]
[[Category:Cities in Henry County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Dothan metropolitan area, Alabama]]