Akron, Alabama
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. 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. The town was incorporated in March 1918. At the 2010 census the population was 356, 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.