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History · Horn Hill

Half of Horn Hill’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Horn Hill was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Horn Hill’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 Horn Hill 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

Horn Hill, in brief

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

Horn Hill is a town in Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 207. It had previously been an incorporated community and was listed on the 1970 and 1980 U.S. Census, but was disincorporated in 1985. It later reincorporated on August 26, 1991.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 228 to 207 (-9%).

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

By decade

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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

Horn Hill on the map, 1971 to 1986

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

Horn Hill on the 1971 USGS mapHorn Hill on the 1986 USGS map1971Onycha 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 Horn Hill.

People over time

Horn Hill, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 235

Between 136 and 235 people in every census since 1970.

5 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
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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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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, 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.