Aliceville (Alabama)

Pickens County

01-01228

Aliceville is a place in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. According to an estimate from 2005 Aliceville had 2465 inhabitants. The total area of the village is 11.7 km ².

Demography

In the census of 2000 Aliceville had 2567 inhabitants, distributed among 978 households and 646 families. The population density was thus 93.7 inhabitants / km ². 66.54 % of the population were African American, 32.29 % White. In 32 % of households lived children under 18 years. The average income was $ 17,092 per household, with 44.7 % of the population were below the poverty line.

History

During the Second World War, a POW camp for 6,000 German prisoners of war was in Aliceville. Most had been gefangenommen in Africa and had served in the Afrika Korps The camp was operated between 2 June 1943 and September 1945. The prisoners were on the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway transported by Aliceville.

Source

• Website of the U.S. Census Bureau (English)