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History · Brantleyville

Half of Brantleyville’s homes were built after 1999

Most of Brantleyville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1910 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Brantleyville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Brantleyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Brantleyville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brantleyville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Brantleyville is a census-designated place and Unincorporated community in western Shelby County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brantleyville had a population of 931.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 884 to 931 (+5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Brantleyville, 1903 to 1942

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Straven post office opens
  3. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1942Post officeThe Straven post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Brantleyville on the map in 1910

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brantleyville.

Brantleyville on the 1910 USGS map1910Montevallo sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Brantleyville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Brantleyville

Nobody well known was born in Brantleyville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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André HollandAmerican actor · b. 1979
Doug JonesUnited States Senator from Alabama · b. 1954
Robert J. Bentley53rd Governor of Alabama · b. 1943
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Brent HindsAmerican guitarist and singer · b. 1974
Dennis EdwardsAmerican singer · b. 1943
Glenn ShadixAmerican actor · b. 1952
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Straven, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Straven
Gone or out of use
Dogwood Number 3 Minemine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Brantleyville’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.