- Mooresville, Alabama
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Mooresville, Alabama — Town — Location in Limestone County and the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 34°37′37″N 86°52′52″W / 34.62694°N 86.88111°W Country United States State Alabama County Limestone Town of Moorseville November 16th, 1818[1] Area – Total 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) – Land 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) – Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) Elevation 574 ft (175 m) Population (2000) – Total 59 – Density 590/sq mi (295/km2) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) ZIP code 35649 Area code(s) 256 FIPS code 01-51264 GNIS feature ID 0123033 Website mooresvillealabama.com MooresvilleLocation: off U.S. Route 72 (State Route 20) Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 72000165[2] Added to NRHP: April 13, 1972 Mooresville is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, United States, located southeast of the intersection of Interstates 565 and 65, and north of Wheeler Lake.
The town is between Huntsville and Decatur, and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area; its population as of the 2000 census is 59.
Mooresville is the oldest incorporated town in Alabama (November 16, 1818). The entire town, characterized as a picturesque early 19th century village, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3] The post office (1840) is the oldest still in operation in the state and features call boxes built prior to the American Civil War. Andrew Johnson, later president of the United States, was an apprentice tailor in Mooresville as a young man.[3] Mooresville was occupied by the Union Army several times during the Civil War, and a number of skirmishes were fought in the vicinity.
Although the town's per-capita income is over $50,000, Mooresville is within the area covered by the charter for the Appalachian Regional Commission, an organization whose goal is to help increase the per-capita income of impoverished areas. Mooresville is within Corridor V of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
The town was the primary filming location for Disney's Tom and Huck(1995).[4]
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Geography
Mooresville is located at 34°37′37″N 86°52′52″W / 34.62694°N 86.88111°W (34.626931, -86.881091)[5].
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 59 people, 24 households, and 19 families residing in the town. The population density was 741.1 people per square mile (284.8/km²). There were 28 housing units at an average density of 351.7 per square mile (135.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 88.14% White and 11.86% Black or African American.
There were 24 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the town the population was spread out with 16.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 40.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 118.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $54,167, and the median income for a family was $136,039. Males had a median income of $51,667 versus $65,417 for females. The per capita income for the town was $51,694, unusually high for the state. No families and 4.3% of the population are living below the poverty line, including 3.33% of those over 64.
References
- ^ A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing The Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the end of the General Assembly in January, 1823. Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 62. Chapter XXIV. Page 802-803. "An Act to Incorporate the Town of Mooresville, and for other purposes.—Passed November 16, 1818." (Google Books)
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Town of Mooresville website
- ^ "Filming Locations for Tom and Huck (1995)". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112302/locations. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Coordinates: 34°37′37″N 86°52′52″W / 34.626931°N 86.881091°W
Municipalities and communities of Limestone County, Alabama Cities Athens | Decatur‡ | Huntsville‡ | Madison‡
Towns Unincorporated
communitiesBelle Mina | Capshaw | Greenbrier | Oakland (near Athens) | Oakland (near Madison) | Tanner
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Communities of the Huntsville-Decatur Area Population over 100,000 Population over 50,000 Population over 20,000 Population over 10,000 Population over 5,000 Population over 2,000 Population over 1,000 Population over 500 Population over 200 Population under 200 Lester · MooresvilleUnincorporated areas Belle Mina · Caddo · Danville · Hulaco · Lacey's Spring · Meridianville · Morgan City · Moulton Heights · New Market · Tanner · ToneyCounties Categories:- Historic districts in Alabama
- Populated places in Limestone County, Alabama
- Towns in Alabama
- Populated places established in 1818
- Huntsville–Decatur Combined Statistical Area
- National Register of Historic Places in Limestone County, Alabama
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