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History · Dozier

Dozier’s post office opened in 1887, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1910.

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0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Dozier began

When was Dozier founded?

1887

The Dozier post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 288 in 19102020 census: 285139 years
Founding year: the first Dozier post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Dozier’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 Dozier are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 494 in 1980; 285 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dozier’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Dozier, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 494

Peaked at 494 in 1980; 285 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dozier’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Dozier, in brief

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

Dozier is a town in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 285. Dozier was incorporated in 1907.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 329 to 285 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Dozier, 1887 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Dozier post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939Born hereMal Moore is born here
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 494
By decade

Dozier, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Old Dozier Alabama High School2012Old Dozier Alabama High SchoolDozier, Alabama2012Dozier, AlabamaDozier, Alabama Post Office 360282012Dozier, Alabama Post Office 36028Dozier Alabama City Hall and Police Department2012Dozier Alabama City Hall and Police Department
On the map

Dozier on the map, 1971 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dozier. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Dozier on the 1971 USGS mapDozier on the 1986 USGS map1971Dozier sheet · 1:24,000

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

Questions about Dozier’s history

What year was Dozier founded?

The Dozier post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.