Back أكرون (ألاباما) Arabic اكرون (الاباما) ARZ آکرون، آلاباما AZB Akron (Alabama) Catalan Акрон (Алабама) CE Akron (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Alabama) CEB Akron, Alabama Welsh Akron (Alabama) German Akron (Alabama) Spanish Akron (Alabama) Basque
Akron, Alabama | |
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 Tanglewood in Akron | |
 Location of Akron in Hale County, Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′35″N 87°44′27″W / 32.87639°N 87.74083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Hale |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km2) |
| • Land | 0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 225 |
| • Density | 327.99/sq mi (126.68/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 35441 |
| Area codes | 205, 659 |
| FIPS code | 01-00676 |
| GNIS feature ID | 112953 |
Akron (/ˈækrɒn/) is a town in Hale County, Alabama, United States. On January 18, 1906, landowners Charles E. Waller, Charles Lightman and M.H. Murphy sold at public auction a great number of individual business and residential lots which would be developed into the town of Akron, Alabama.[2] Akron became the fastest growing town in Hale County, and in a few years had grown to include a modern post office, railroad depot, various retail businesses, barber shop, hotel, drug store, concrete and block factory, wheel spoke factory, lumber mills, and attractive residences.[3] The town was incorporated in March 1918.[4] At the 2010 census the population was 356,[5] down from 521 at the 2000 census. Akron has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, the Greek Revival cottage known as Tanglewood.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "Jan 11, 1906, page 3 - Greensboro Watchman at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Dec 27, 1917, page 2 - Greensboro Watchman at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Akron - Encyclopedia of Alabama". Encyclopedia of Alabama.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Akron town, Alabama". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2017.[dead link]