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Gordonville was first counted by the census in 2000

Most of Gordonville was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 2000.

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0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Gordonville began

When was Gordonville founded?

2000

Gordonville first appears in the census in 2000.

First census: 318 in 20002020 census: 24526 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Gordonville’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 Gordonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Gordonville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Gordonville, in brief

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

Gordonville is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gordonville had a population of 245. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. It incorporated effective January 20, 1990.

Its first post office opened in 2000. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 326 to 245 (-25%).

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

By decade

Gordonville, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Gordonville, Alabama General Store2012Gordonville, Alabama General Store
On the map

Gordonville on the map in 1981

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

Gordonville on the 1981 USGS map1981Gordonsville 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 Gordonville.

People over time

Gordonville, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 326

Between 245 and 326 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Gordonville’s history

What year was Gordonville founded?

The Gordonville post office opened in 2000, 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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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 (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.