Hamilton, Alabama Hamilton, Alabama Location in Marion County and the state of Alabama Location in Marion County and the state of Alabama Website City of Hamilton Hamilton is a town/city in Marion County, Alabama, United States.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of Marion County and since 1980 has been its biggest city, surpassing Winfield.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 36.1 square miles (93 km2), of which 36.1 square miles (93 km2) is territory and 0.03% is water.
Hamilton was established in the early 19th century by pioneer who moved to the Alabama Territory from Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas.
The town/city was first called Toll Gate, but its name later changed with respect to one of its distinguished people, Captain Albert James Hamilton (known as A.J.
Hamilton), who had represented Marion County in the state council in the sessions of 1869, 1874 and 1875.
The same forty acres were then divided into lots and sold to help defray the cost of building the courthouse. The Toll Gate improve was propel in 1881 to be the next county seat, and by 1883 the Marion county courthouse in Pikeville had ceased to be functional.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.41% White, 7.59% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other competitions, and 0.68% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,695 homeholds out of which 28.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $27,489, and the median income for a family was $34,485.
About 12.0% of families and 17.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 19.6% of those age 65 or over.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.3% White, 7.7% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,717 homeholds out of which 25.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,297, and the median income for a family was $42,361.
About 12.1% of families and 19.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 30.1% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.
Hamilton is home to a branch of North Mississippi Medical Center, the biggest non-metropolitan hospital in the United States, which is headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi.
The Hamilton ground is also home to a nursing home, home community agency, and wellness center.
Hamilton is a part of the Marion County School District.
Hamilton Elementary School, Hamilton Middle School, and Hamilton High School serve the Hamilton area.
Hamilton High School is presently a class 4 - A school.
Hamilton also has a improve college known as Bevil State Community College.
Hamilton High School is very competing in its athletic teams.
The Hamilton Aggies have won state championships in: (7): *Power lifting championships are not awarded by the Alabama High School Athletic Association, and are hosted by Hamilton High School.
The Hamilton Aggie Football team is ranked eleventh in the state for overall wins (543-328-36), and has a winning percentage of 62.3%.
Hamilton appeared in the 2010 3 - A State Championship Game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, where the Aggies fell to the Leeds Greenwave, 42-32.
WMTY, an evangelical ministry and Public-access tv cable TV station, originated in Jasper, Alabama, but began transmitting in Hamilton in 1995 on TV antenna digital channel 46, and is owned and directed by William E.
Censuses research on Marion County, Alabama communities The Heritage of Marion County, Alabama, vol.
- The Marion County Historical & Genealogical Societies, Alabama Tracks vol.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
Raised Up Down Yonder: Growing Up Black in Rural Alabama (University Press of Mississippi; 2013) 224 pages; an ethnographic study of high school students in Hamilton.
Marion County Schools Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Alabama, United States County seat: Hamilton This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties Cities in Alabama - Cities in Marion County, Alabama - County seats in Alabama
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