Town Creek, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Town Creek-Courtland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35672. The Survey maps it on the Town Creek quadrangle. 1,052 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Town Creek within Lawrence County

On record in Town Creek

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

Goode-Hall Houselisted 1974

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Saunders-Goode-Hall House, State Highway 101, Town Creekfederal building survey, 37 photographs

Population over time

3 figures

Town Creek fell from 1,216 to 1,052 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	1,216
2010	1,100	-116 (-10%)
2020	1,052	-48 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1936 USGS Town Creek quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Town Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Town Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Photographs

8 of 11 photographs shown, 1939

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.

Freeman Goode Mansion, Town Creek vic., Lawrence County, Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress

Saunders-Goode-Hall House, State Highway 101, Town Creek, Lawrence County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Lawrence County

Fires near this place

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Town Creek between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,318 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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
Arson/incendiarism	40
Debris and open burning	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	2
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	100 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160908-7
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	55 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Town Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
	Tuscumbia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Town Creek in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flood, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	1 hurt, $25,000	Strong winds downed trees and power lines across many areas in and near the Town Creek community, causing numerous power outages. In addition, thunderstorm winds caused structural damage to a barn on highway 101 near Town Creek. The barn was reported to be leveled to the ground.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$15,000	A couple of trees were downed by thunderstorm winds and fell onto a mobile home on County Road 265 in Town Creek, Alabama.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$10,000	A few trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$10,000	A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds near the Doublehead resort, just northwest of Town Creek.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$10,000	Trees were reported blown down which resulted in power outages in the area.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$10,000	no account filed
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$8,000	Power lines were knocked down along SR 20 and debris covered the roadway.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$5,000	A tree was reported down on a house at this location.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$5,000	Photos on social media indicated a very large tree was knocked down in Town Creek. The tree fell onto a car port and vehicle. Time of gust front estimated by radar.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$5,000	Several trees were knocked down along College Street and Lemay Street in Town Creek resulting in downed telephone and cable lines. Time estimated by radar.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$5,000	Trees were blown down in Town Creek and in Hatton.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$5,000	Emergency management reported large trees blown down across power line just west of Town Creek with golf ball-size hail reported just north of Lucy Branch marina.
July 1997	Hail	Town Creek	$4,000	no account filed
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$2,000	Power lines were reported down on Highway 101 in the Town Creek area.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down small trees in the Town Creek area.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$1,000	A tree was reported down on Fussel Street in the Town Creek area.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$1,000	A tree was reported down on a house on College Street.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	$500	A tree was knocked down south of Town Creek.
June 2009	Lightning	Town Creek	$500	Lightning struck a home at the intersection of County Road 265 and Blue Hollow Road in Town Creek. Exact time of lightning strike unknown.
February 2019	Flood	Town Creek	-	Corrects previous flood report from 1N Town Creek. AL 101 North of Town Creek closed due to high water.
February 2019	Flood	Town Creek	-	AL Hwy 101 north of Town Creek closed due to high water.
December 2019	Flood	Town Creek	-	Water in homes at Creek View Apartments in Town Creek. Residents were evacuated from the complex. Time is when report was relayed via EMA.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	Multiple trees were knocked down along Highway 20 and blocking lanes of traffic near Town Creek. Time estimated by radar.
March 2017	Hail	Town Creek	-	Half dollar sized hail was reported.
July 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Town Creek	-	A tornado developed along County Road 273 about one mile west of Town Creek downing a telephone pole and several trees. The tornado tracked southeast towards the northwest part of Town Creek removing roof shingles and bending the metal roof off of the Hazelwood High School building. Along Hazelwood Street numerous trees were snapped or uprooted behind the school. The tornado continued southeast towards Factor Street where more snapped and uprooted trees were found. Then, the tornado crossed Highway 101 causing damage to the porch of a residence. Multiple large trees were snapped or uprooted near a bank and a couple of houses along Church and Meredith Streets as the tornado proceeded southeast crossing Highway 20. South of Highway 20, softwood tree tops and hardwood trees were snapped causing damage to a residence near Auburn Street. Additional tree damage was found near the Lawrence County Industrial Air Park and Valley Landing Golf Course where multiple trees were snapped. One large Hardwood tree was uprooted near the Lockheed Martin Facility near Courtland.\|\|The tornado then proceeded southeast and crossed County Road 150 about one mile south of Courtland resulting in multiple hardwood and softwood trees being snapped. It then proceeded toward Highway 33 where several hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then moved towards County Road 377 about one and one half miles south of Highway 20 where it lifted after snapping the top of one hardwood tree.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	A few hardwood trees were snapped. Two flag poles were snapped or bent over and a few homes sustained minor roof damage.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	Multiple trees and power lines were knocked down in Town Creek.
April 2014	Flash Flood	Town Creek	-	Flash flooding closed County Roads 270, 101, 150, and 271. Ending time of flash flooding estimated.
March 2013	Hail	Town Creek	-	Nickel sized hail was reported.
March 2012	Hail	Town Creek	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2012	Hail	Town Creek	-	Quarter-sized hail was reported.
March 2012	Hail	Town Creek	-	Dime to nickel sized hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 20.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	Damaging straight-line winds knocked down 2 power poles in Town Creek off Highway 101.
April 2011	Hail	Town Creek	-	One inch hail in Town Creek.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	Damaging straight-line winds knocked power lines down on a tractor trailer.
March 2011	Hail	Town Creek	-	One inch diameter hail was reported.
June 2010	Heavy Rain	Town Creek	-	Heavy rain caused minor street flooding in Town Creek on CR 265.
June 2010	Heavy Rain	Town Creek	-	Heavy rain caused water of an unknown depth to cover portions of highway 20 at mile marker 45. This report was relayed by a trucker.
October 2010	Hail	Town Creek	-	Golfball hail was reported.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	A few power poles and lines were blown down along Alabama Highway 101 near Alabama Highway 20.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	Trees and power lines were blown down. One tree was blown onto a backyard shed. Time estimated.
February 2005	Hail	Town Creek	-	Half dollar size hail reported.
October 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	A few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Town Creek	-	large tree and power lines down.
June 1995	Hail	Town Creek	-	Three-quarter inch hail was reported at several locations across Lawrence County.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rocky Hill (historical)	2.3 miles	14
Rocky Hill	3.3 miles	14
Rigdom	3.4 miles	14
Courtland Downs	3.9 miles	14
Lennon Hill	4.1 miles	15
North Courtland	4.1 miles	14
Edmond	4.5 miles	15
Terrytown	5.1 miles	13

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 Town Creek	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q66198	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 155277. 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.