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History · McMullen

McMullen was first counted by the census in 1970

Most of McMullen was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1970.

1970first census
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How McMullen began

When was McMullen founded?

1970

McMullen first appears in the census in 1970.

First census: 73 in 19702020 census: 3256 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about McMullen’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 McMullen are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1980 and 2010, then grew 3-fold.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McMullen’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

McMullen, census by census

0100198020002020164 in 1980Low: 10

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1980 and 2010, then grew 3-fold.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

The story so far

McMullen, in brief

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

McMullen is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated around 1976. A series of natural disasters has caused the population to dwindle. As of 2010, it was the smallest incorporated town in the state of Alabama. It was overtaken by Oak Hill in 2020. The population was 32 at the 2020 United States census, up from 10 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1970. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10 to 32 (+220%).

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

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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

McMullen on the map in 1970

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

McMullen on the 1970 USGS map1970Aliceville North 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 McMullen.

Questions about McMullen’s history

What year was McMullen founded?

The McMullen post office opened in 1970, 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 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.