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Hackneyville, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Alexander City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35010. The Survey maps it on the Hackneyville quadrangle. 349 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Hackneyville within Tallapoosa County

Population over time

2 figures

Hackneyville grew from 347 to 349 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010347
2020349+2 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

158 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Hackneyville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,597 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 53 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190904-1
20 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-21
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140919-001
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140912-001
7 August 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190807-4
5 August 2015Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150805-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hackneyville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hillabee Plant and Pit Number 1ClayProducer
Hog Mountain MineGoldPast Producer1839

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hackneyville in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Hackneyville$10,000The tornado touched down near Pearson Chapel Road, north of Barnett Road. It then traveled northeastward and ended just north of Hackneyville before it crossed County Road 5. A few homes suffered minor roof damage and a few trees were either snapped off or lost some limbs.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHackneyville$7,000Several trees were blown down in Hackneyville.
September 2009Flash FloodHackneyville$5,000Martin Road, and Red Barn Road, both had to closed due to water running over the roads.
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Hackneyville$5,000The tornado that touched in Coosa County moved into the northeastern portion of Tallapoosa County, between Goodwater and Hackneyville. It then continued to move northeast, crossing AL-63, before lifting just before the Tallapoosa and Clay County line. In Tallapoosa County, most of the damage was limited to broken limbs and snapped softwood trees.
November 2004Tornado (F1)Hackneyville$5,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHackneyville$2,000Several trees were blown down in Hackneyville.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHackneyville-Trees were downed along Dillard Rd and Pearson Chapel Rd.
August 2024HailHackneyville-Quarter-size hail fell in the Hackneyville area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHackneyville-A few trees were blown down around Hackneyville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHackneyville-Several trees uprooted and blocking traffic on Highway 63.
March 2023Flash FloodHackneyville-Widespread rainfall amounts of 4-6 inches across northern Tallapoosa County. Town Creek Road flooded and impassable.
March 2023HailHackneyville-Ping pong size hail reported in the Hackneyville community.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHackneyville-Multiple trees were knocked down on Tankersly Road, Dejarnette Road, Red Barn Road, Highway 63, and Four Deer Hollow Road.
February 2020Tornado (EF1)Hackneyville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Tallapoosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 90 mph. The tornado began northeast of Alexander City along Campground Road where some tree damage was initially observed. The tornado tracked eastward where it increased in intensity and width. The worst damage occurred along Town Creek Road where the road bends northward along Hillabee Creek. In that area, many trees were snapped or uprooted. There were just a few structures within the path of the tornado. One home had minor shingle loss and failure of a window frame, along with damage to outbuildings. One home had damage to a window from flying debris. One home had a bit more in the way of shingle loss and shifting of the ridge vent, shifting of porch columns (likely due to uplift of the porch overhang), and a window blown out of a truck. Due to the number of uprooted trees (the most notable damage indicator in this case), this tornado was assigned a low-end EF1 intensity. The tornado then crossed Hillabee Creek in a weakening state and dissipated.
March 2011HailHackneyville-One inch hail covered the ground.

Every storm recorded in Tallapoosa County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hillabi (historical)2.5 miles12
Old Providence2.6 miles12
Liberty3.1 miles12
New Providence4.0 miles12
Sunny Level5.6 miles12
Pearson Chapel5.7 miles12
Indian Hills5.9 miles12
Cowpens6.1 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HackneyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1561419The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119533. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.