BlockHollywood, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Scottsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35752. It lies near Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hollywood quadrangle. 914 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
On record in Hollywood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Townsend Farmhouselisted 2005
Population over time
3 figuresHollywood fell from 950 to 914 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 950 | |
| 2010 | 1,000 | +50 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 914 | -86 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood between 1995 and 2019, burning about 638 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150803-004 |
| 13 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 42, AL |
| 16 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 42, HOLLYWOOD AL, AL |
| 12 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hollywood: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollywood in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | Hollywood | $40,000 | Tennis ball size hail was reported in Hollywood. It knocked out windows in a few mobile homes. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $10,000 | A large antenna at a residence was bent completely over and a water pipe was broken at a residence at 1045 CR 36. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $10,000 | A large tree was snapped and crushed a car at 635 CR 42. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hollywood | $10,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Hollywood. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $7,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines were reported down across Hollywood, AL. |
| December 2008 | Lightning | Hollywood | $5,000 | The mayor of the city of Hollywood, also a volunteer fire fighter was knocked down by a lightning strike in front of the City Hall building while preparing to go out on an emergency call. The victim was examined by medical personnel but was found to be not injured. However, a hole was carved out in his office wall. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Hollywood | $5,000 | two homes with minor roof damage and several trees uprooted and twisted. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $4,000 | Trees were snapped or uprooted at this location. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $3,000 | Multiple trees were knocked down on CR 42 near Walnut Street. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $2,000 | Trees were snapped or uprooted at this location. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at 1461 CR 36. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $1,000 | Tree was reported down across road along CR 33 in Hollywood. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at 6369 CR 33. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes of Ridge Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down on CR 42 at Reed Street in Hollywood. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | $500 | A tree was knocked down along CR 42 near Hollywood. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Hollywood | - | Six to eight inches of water over CR 105 between the two streams that run under the road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Trees were knocked down on CR 33. Time estimated by radar. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Hollywood | - | Around a foot of water across CR229. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Hollywood | - | Two feet of water reported over CR 36 in the 1200 block. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Hollywood | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several power outages were reported. Time estimated report. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down along County Roads 33 and 470. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | A few power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood | - | Several trees blown down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Hollywood | - | a few trees uprooted and snapped. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefonte | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Riverland Estates | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Blackankle | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Martintown | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Fairfield (historical) | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Pikeville | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Berrys (historical) | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Webb Addition | 4.5 miles | 21 |
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 Hollywood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66045 | The 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 120286. 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.