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Pickensville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35447. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pickensville quadrangle. 557 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.

Pickensville within Pickens County

On record in Pickensville

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Pickensville fell from 608 to 557 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
2010608
2020557-51 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

7 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Baptist Church, Bonner Mill Road, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Baptist Church, Bonner Mill Road, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Pickensville Stagecoach Inn, East side of Broad Street at Seymer Road, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Pickensville Stagecoach Inn, East side of Broad Street at Seymer Road, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Doctor Wilkins House, State Highways 14 & 86 vicinity, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Doctor Wilkins House, State Highways 14 & 86 vicinity, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Store, State Highways 14 & 86, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Store, State Highways 14 & 86, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Henry Williams Saunders House, Bonner Mill Road & Ferguson Street, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Henry Williams Saunders House, Bonner Mill Road & Ferguson Street, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Pickensville Methodist Church, Ferguson Street & Chopitoolas Avenue, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Pickensville Methodist Church, Ferguson Street & Chopitoolas Avenue, Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Ferguson-Long House, Chopitoulas Street (State Highway 14), Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Ferguson-Long House, Chopitoulas Street (State Highway 14), Pickensville, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Pickensville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 386 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Smoking14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150919-002
19 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning118 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150917-001
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pickensville in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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
January 2009Flash FloodPickensville2 killed, 1 hurt, $50,000Heavy rainfall produced flooding at several locations across Pickens County. At least 5 roads were closed due to high water, and 2 bridges were washed out. Flash flooding caused a bridge to wash out on Antioch Chuch Road, over Buncomb Creek. A mother and child subsequently drove off the washed out roadway, and drowned in the flood waters. A second vehicle following behind also drove into the creek at the same place, but the occupants were successfully rescued.
May 2009Tornado (EF1)Pickensville$50,000The tornado touched down along the Tombigbee River basin near the Rogersville Camp area. It then tracked northeastward for about a mile before it lifted. Several trees were snapped off and several tops of trees were taken off along the path. Some of the fallen trees landed on trailers and caused varying degrees of damage.
September 2009Flash FloodPickensville$10,000Water was flowing over AL-86 in several spots, both west and east of the city of Pickensville. Several roads in the city of Carrollton also had to be closed due to flooding.
January 2008Tornado (EF0)Pickensville$10,000The tornado briefly touched down on the south side of Pickensville, near Jackson Ferry Road, and was on the ground for less than a minute. One metal storage barn was damaged, and several small trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPickensville$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Pickensville. AL-14 became temporarily impassable due to fallen trees.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPickensville$5,000Trees and power lines were reported down 1 mile from the Mississippi state line on CR26.
June 1999HailPickensville$3,000no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindPickensville$2,000Trees were knocked down in Pickensville.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPickensville$1,500A few trees were knocked down near the Alabama-Mississippi state line.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPickensville$1,000Several trees were blown down along the Tombigbee River, near Pickensville.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPickensville-Trees and power lines were downed in the Pickensville area.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPickensville-Several trees uprooted near Pickensville Lake.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPickensville-Several trees uprooted in the Rivermont area.
April 2013Tornado (EF1)Pickensville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in Pickens County and determined that the damage was due to an EF-1 tornado, with winds of 100-110 mph. This tornado was a continuation of the Noxubee County, Mississippi tornado (which had a maximum rating of EF3 in Mississippi). The tornado tracked into Alabama 3.52 miles northwest of Pickensville, near Aliceville Lake. The tornado tracked northeast to near Highway 14, causing relatively minor damage to pine trees along the path. The tornado then took a more north-northeast path, a slight left turn, tracking nearly parallel to Highway 75 for several miles. The tornado strengthened from near Jim Dill Road to Pine Grove Road, destroying several outbuildings and causing significant damage to a well-built two story home, and snapping off and uprooting hundreds of trees. Just northeast of Pine Grove Road, in the Macedonia community, a manufactured home suffered significant damage and several hardwood trees were snapped off. As the tornado approached John Moore Road, it turned right and moved northeast again. Several manufactured homes were destroyed and many trees were also downed near Ethelsville. The tornado crossed County Road 30 just east of downtown Ethelsville and lifted after it crossed a branch of Kincaid Creek.
April 2001HailPickensville-Three quarter inch diameter size hail was observed in Pickensville.
April 2001HailPickensville-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported at the Aliceville Lock and Dam.
January 1999HailPickensville-Dime size hail was reported near Pickensville.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindPickensville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Beaver Town4.1 miles11
Sapps5.2 miles11
Archer5.4 miles11
Memphis6.5 miles11
Garden6.6 miles11
McMullen7.2 miles11
Pine Grove8.5 miles11
Beasley8.9 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 PickensvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65641The 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 152888. 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.

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.