Editing Midway, Alabama

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|official_name            = Midway, Alabama
|settlement_type          = Town
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|map_caption              = Location of Midway in Bullock County, Alabama.
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|population_total         = 421
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'''Midway''' is a town located in eastern [[Bullock County, Alabama|Bullock County]], Alabama, United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 421.

==Old Merritt School==
[[Image:Merritt Rosenwald School Midway Alabama.JPG|150px|thumb|left|Merritt School]]
Margaret Elizabeth Merritt of Midway sold two acres for $5 to the State of Alabama in 1921 as a site for an elementary school for [[African-American]] children. Built in 1922 with matching [[Rosenwald School|Rosenwald]] funds, the Midway Colored Public School featured [[oak]] and [[pine]] construction and two classrooms divided by a partition. The building is one of the few surviving of the more than 5,000 rural black schools built with contributions for the [[Julius Rosenwald Fund]]. The building was enlarged twice then renovated in 1978. It is now used as a [[community center]]. It was added to the [[Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by county (Autauga–Choctaw)#Bullock County|Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage]] on November 2, 1990, and the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama#Bullock County|National Register of Historic Places]] on February 20, 1998.<ref name="Old Merritt School, Midway Community Center ">{{Citation|title=Small Town Historic Markers |publisher=Alabama Tourism Department |url=http://www.alabama.travel/homecoming/ |accessdate=April 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231154937/http://www.alabama.travel/homecoming/ |archivedate=December 31, 2010 }}</ref>

The school is located in Bullock County. Bullock has the highest illiteracy rate of any county in Alabama.

==Geography==
Midway is located in eastern Bullock County at 32°4'27.854" North, 85°31'12.857" West (32.074404, −85.520238).<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>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

Midway is located on the [[U.S. Route 82]], the [[Jefferson Davis Highway]], {{convert|13|mi}} east of [[Union Springs, Alabama|Union Springs]], the county seat. It is {{convert|27|mi}} east to [[Eufaula, Alabama|Eufaula]] via US-82. [[Alabama State Route 51]] leads south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Clayton, Alabama|Clayton]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 450
|1890= 612
|1900= 430
|1910= 464
|1920= 524
|1930= 710
|1940= 617
|1950= 544
|1960= 594
|1970= 558
|1980= 593
|1990= 455
|2000= 457
|2010= 499
|2020= 421
|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|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}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Midway town, Alabama – Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<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
!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) – Midway town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0148424&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) - Midway town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0148424&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|53
|18
|10.62%
|4.28%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|441
|394
|88.38%
|93.59%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|0.00%
|0.24%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|2
|4
|0.40%
|0.95%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3
|4
|0.60%
|0.95%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''499'''
|'''421'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
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 457 people, 189 households, and 124 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|290.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 230 housing units at an average density of {{convert|146.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 88.84% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]] and 11.16% [[Race (United States Census)|White]]. 0.22% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 189 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.5% were married couples living together, 37.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 29.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 71.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 63.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $12,143, and the median income for a family was $19,063. Males had a median income of $25,938 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $9,036. About 38.1% of families and 42.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 52.4% of those under age 18 and 45.0% of those age 65 or over.
[[Image:Midway Alabama Post Office.JPG|thumb|right|Midway Post Office ([[ZIP Code]]:36053), April 2011]]
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==Notable people==
* [[Johnny Ford]], mayor of [[Tuskegee, Alabama]]
* [[Jerrel Jernigan]], [[wide receiver]] for the [[New York Giants]]
* [[The Reverend]] [[Jesse Lee Peterson]], media personality, minister and author
* [[Harold Pierce]], founded the [[Harold's Chicken Shack]] restaurant chain in [[Chicago]]
* [[Bobby Turner]], [[Denver Broncos]] [[running back]] coach

==In popular culture==
* Rufus Amos Adams is said to be from Midway in the [[Paul and Storm]] song of the same name.

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [[List of towns in Alabama]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Midway, Alabama}}

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{{Bullock County, Alabama}}

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