Editing Memphis, Alabama

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|official_name            = Memphis, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Memphis in Pickens County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pickens County, Alabama|Pickens]]
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|area_total_km2           = 1.01
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|elevation_ft             = 167
|elevation_m              = 51
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 29
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|population_density_km2   = 28.92
|population_density_sq_mi = 74.94
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
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|blank_info               = 01-48052
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|blank1_info              = 0122652
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'''Memphis''', also known as '''Old Memphis''', is a town in [[Pickens County, Alabama|Pickens County]], Alabama, United States. The population was 29 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], down from 33 in 2000. As long ago as 1850, it was listed as an incorporated community on the U.S. Census, but did not appear again on the rolls until its reincorporation in 1976.<ref>1830-2010 U.S. Censuses research on Pickens County, Alabama communities</ref>

In 1981, it had the "dubious" distinction of being ranked the poorest incorporated community in the United States according to the U.S. Census. As of 1984, then-Mayor Jimmy Williams (b. c1922) stated the town received just $2,000 per year from state tax receipts and federal revenue-sharing funds and a sum total of $40 in the bank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19840822&id=eII0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6741,6413358&hl=en|title=The Tuscaloosa News – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref> It was hoped the completion of the [[Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway]] would help raise the [[standard of living]] for the town.

==Geography==
Memphis is located at {{coord|33|8|1|N|88|17|49|W|type:city}} (33.133678, -88.297023).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 156
|1970= 99
|1980= 95
|1990= 54
|2000= 33
|2010= 29
|2020= 29
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Memphis Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0148052&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 6, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. census)|White]]
|3
|10.34%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. census)|Black or African American]]
|24
|82.76%
|-
|[[Race (United States census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1
|3.45%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. census)|Latino]]
|1
|3.45%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 29 people, 12 households, and 11 families residing in the town.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 29 people living in the town. 100.0% were [[African American (U.S. census)|African American]].

==Gallery==
Below are photographs taken as part of the [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]:
<gallery>
File:NORTH (FRONT) ELEVATION - Charity House, State Route 32 and County Route 1 vicinity, Memphis, Pickens County, AL HABS ALA,54-MEM,2-1.tif|Charity House
File:VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST - Will Boykin House, State Route 32 and County Route 1 vicinity, Memphis, Pickens County, AL HABS ALA,54-MEM,1-1.tif|Will Boykin House
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Coord|display=title|33.133678|-88.297023}}
{{Pickens County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Towns in Pickens County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]

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