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History · Fyffe

Fyffe’s post office opened in 1900

Most of Fyffe was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1960.

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Quick answers

How Fyffe began

When was Fyffe founded?

1900

The Fyffe post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 230 in 19602020 census: 967126 years
Founding year: the first Fyffe post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Fyffe’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 Fyffe are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,305 in 1980; 967 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Fyffe’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fyffe’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Fyffe, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001960198020002020Peak: 1,305

Peaked at 1,305 in 1980; 967 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

The story

How Fyffe came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fyffe.

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Fyffe was founded in the 1880s. The origin of the name "Fyffe" is obscure, though it was apparently suggested by the Postal Service when the post office was established. A high school was established shortly afterward in 1917.

In 1959, Fyffe hosted the National Sacred Harp Singing Convention, a gathering of Sacred Harp musicians from around the region. Noted musicologist Alan Lomax recorded many of the performances at the convention.

An EF5 tornado struck this city on April 27, 2011, touching down in Lakeview, initially causing structural damage to small buildings and snapping trees. It grew in intensity, causing major structural damage to several homes and buildings before moving on to Rainsville, where damage was even more extensive.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fyffe, 1900 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Fyffe post office opens
  3. 1935Born hereBobby Wood is born here
  4. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1938Born hereCharlie Long is born here
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 1,305
By decade

Fyffe, decade by decade

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On the map

Fyffe on the map, 1936 to 1983

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

Fyffe on the 1936 USGS mapFyffe on the 1949 USGS mapFyffe on the 1970 USGS mapFyffe on the 1983 USGS map1936Fyffe 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 Fyffe.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Fyffe

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Charlie LongAmerican football player · b. 1938
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Bobby WoodAmerican politician · b. 1935
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Fyffe’s post office has been open since 1900.

Gone or out of use
Shiloh Churchchurch

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.

ShilohIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fyffe’s history

What year was Fyffe founded?

The Fyffe post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, 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.