Orrville, Alabama

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Orrville is a town in Dallas County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 150. According to the 1910 U.S. census, Orrville incorporated in 1908, though it was listed as an incorporated community prior to that.

Geography

Orrville is located in western Dallas County at Template:Coord (32.305584, -87.245378).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Alabama State Route 22 passes through the town, leading northeast Template:Convert to Selma, the county seat, and west Template:Convert to Safford.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Orrville has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Demographics

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 230 people, 105 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 118 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 51.30% White, 48.26% Black or African American, and 0.43% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 105 households, out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 41.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,571, and the median income for a family was $31,719. Males had a median income of $29,583 versus $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,418. About 9.9% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 22.2% of those sixty-five or over.

Government

Orrville is an incorporated town, governed by a mayor/town council structure. Current mayor Louvenia Lumpkin was first elected in 2012,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> defeating incumbent mayor Gene McHugh; she was re-elected in 2016. Herman Majors is Orrville's Town Council President and its longest-serving town councilmember, first appointed in 1970 and re-elected every term since then. Other councilmembers elected or re-elected in 2016 include Jewell Williamson, William Lumpkin (husband of Mayor Louvenia Lumpkin), Jerry Phillips and Jim Brunson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Businesses

At the height of the expansion of the recreational boating industry, Orrville was home to Baker-Jewell Inc., a small manufacturing company which produced small fiberglass boats for the recreational market. They featured iconic styling of the late 1950s era, including automotive-type tailfins and seating.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Today a small factory in Orrville manufactures portable buildings.

Orrville Farmers Market<ref>https://www.facebook.com/farmersmarket22/ Template:User-generated source</ref> opened in 2016 in the heart of town and sells locally grown farm-fresh produce, artisan foods, agricultural-based products and country-themed gifts. The market also serves hot breakfast and lunch six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Orrville Farmers Market gives local farmers the opportunity to develop a personal relationship with their customers and to cultivate consumer loyalty to the farmer who grows the produce and produces farm-fresh products.

Notable person

• Jimmy "Orion" Ellis, singer

Gallery

Below are photographs taken of structures in Orrville as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey:

• Ben Ellis Dunaway House
  Ben Ellis Dunaway House
• Craig-Wilson House
  Craig-Wilson House
• Bland House
  Bland House
• Cochran House
  Cochran House
• Lewis McMillan House
  Lewis McMillan House
• Kelley-Bland-Ward House
  Kelley-Bland-Ward House
• House on Molette property
  House on Molette property
• Smith-Sutton House
  Smith-Sutton House
• Mill-Albritton House
  Mill-Albritton House