Haleyville’s post office opened in 1891, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 34% of U.S. towns · #103 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Most of Haleyville was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Its Register listing is the Feldman's Department Store. Below: maps from 1930 on and the census since 1900.
The Haleyville post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Biler (1879), Ark (1881) and Pebble (1881), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 165 in 19002020 census: 4,361135 years
How historic is Haleyville?
C
More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Haleyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Haleyville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haleyville is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #103 of 187 in Alabama. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Haleyville’s overall grade.
Alabama towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Alabama town has 2.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Haleyville’s 2.3 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Alabama towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. The pre-1940 share (±2.7 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Haleyville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Haleyville’s post office has been open since 1891. Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Biler
1879–1907
Ark
1881–1891
Pebble
1881–1907
Winston
1887–1889
Haleyville
1891–today
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Gone or out of use
Ark Post Officepost officeBell Springs SchoolschoolBiler Post Officepost officeCentral Grammer SchoolschoolHaleyville Central Grammar SchoolschoolHaleyville Colored SchoolschoolHaleyville SchoolschoolHighlands SchoolschoolJ O Haynes High SchoolschoolMillers StandlocalePebble Post Officepost officeSouth Haleyville Grammar SchoolschoolThorn Hill Post Officepost officeWard Mill SchoolschoolWinston Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Haleyville
Boar Tush ChurchDavis Family Cemetery NorthDavis Family Cemetery SouthHillcrestMiller
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The first Guthrie's restaurant was opened by Hal Guthrie in Haleyville in 1965.
On February 16, 1968, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system in the nation went into service in Haleyville.
On June 1, 2010, Haleyville citizens voted to become the first city in Winston County since Prohibition to allow the sale of alcohol.
The city has one site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the former Feldman's Department Store, and is the closest city to another site, Archeological Site No. 1WI50.
The Haleyville post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Haleyville rank for history?
Haleyville is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #103 of 187 in Alabama. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Haleyville?
One place: the Feldman's Department Store (listed 2009).
How old are the homes in Haleyville?
4% of Haleyville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1970.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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