Editing Vredenburgh, Alabama

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Vredenburgh, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Vredenburgh in Monroe County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Monroe County, Alabama|Monroe]]
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|area_total_km2           = 3.93
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.52
|area_land_km2            = 3.89
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.50
|area_water_km2           = 0.04
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|elevation_ft             = 151
|elevation_m              = 46
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 222
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|population_density_km2   = 57.02
|population_density_sq_mi = 147.70
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 36481
|area_code                = [[Area code 334|334]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-79272
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|blank1_info              = 0128479
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'''Vredenburgh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|r|iː|d|ən|b|ɜːr|ɡ}}) is a town in [[Monroe County, Alabama|Monroe County]], [[Alabama]], United States. It incorporated in 1912.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vredenburgh.org/vredenburgh/pages/vs07.html|title = Vredenburgh Searcher, Fall 1995}}</ref> At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 222.

==Geography==
Vredenburgh is located at {{coord|31|49|35|N|87|19|14|W|type:city}} (31.826518, -87.320686).<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>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|3.9|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.90%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0179272| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163556/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0179272| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Vredenburgh town, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 874
|1930= 815
|1940= 666
|1950= 796
|1960= 632
|1970= 521
|1980= 433
|1990= 313
|2000= 327
|2010= 312
|2020= 222
|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}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Vredenburgh 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 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) – Vredenburgh town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0179272&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) - Vredenburgh town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0179272&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|21
|16
|6.73%
|7.21%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|286
|206
|91.67%
|92.79%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|0.32%
|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
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|4
|0
|1.28%
|0.00%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''312'''
|'''222'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
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 2000, there were 327 people, 98 households, and 81 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|217.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 120 housing units at an average density of {{convert|79.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 10.70% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 88.99% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], and 0.31% from two or more races.

There were 98 households, out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 37.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 3.72.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 37.6% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 67.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,321, and the median income for a family was $27,917. Males had a median income of $26,500 versus $10,833 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $5,892. About 27.7% of families and 31.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 35.3% of those under age 18 and 30.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Walter Bell (businessman)|Walter Bell]], businessman and Alabama Commissioner of Insurance from 2003 to 2008
*[[Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush]], secretary of the [[Democratic National Committee]], lived in Vredenburgh for several years<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vredenburgh.org/vredenburgh/pages/dorothy.htm|title=Biography and Obituary of Dorothy Vredenburgh|website=vredenburgh.org|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Moses Denson]], former professional football player
*[[John Drew (basketball)|John Drew]], member of the [[Atlanta Hawks]]
*[[Mike Stewart (novelist)|Mike Stewart]], author of mystery/suspense novels set primarily in the South

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://vredenburgh.org/vredenburgh/pages/vs07.html History of Vredenburgh]

{{Coord|display=title|31.826518|-87.320686}}

{{Monroe County, Alabama}}

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