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History · Mignon

27% of Mignon’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mignon’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 Mignon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 3,053 in 1950; 1,186 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mignon’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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People over time

Mignon, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 3,053

Peaked at 3,053 in 1950; 1,186 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story

How Mignon came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mignon.

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Mignon initially became an incorporated town (according to the 1920 U.S. Census) around 1915, but either disincorporated or lost its charter in the 1930s and did not show on the 1940 U.S. Census. Because (as of 1950) it still was a sizeable community of 3,000 residents, it was listed on the 1950 through 1970 census rolls as an unincorporated community. Beginning in 1980, it received the new status of census-designated place (CDP).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

Mignon on the map, 1890 to 1980

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

Mignon on the 1890 USGS mapMignon on the 1980 USGS map1890Talladega sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mignon.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mignon

Nobody well known was born in Mignon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jim NaborsAmerican actor and singer · b. 1930
Gerald WallaceAmerican basketball player · b. 1982
Robert J. Bentley53rd Governor of Alabama · b. 1943
Bob RileyAmerican politician · b. 1944
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Robert Daniel CarmichaelAmerican mathematician · b. 1879
Jamario MoonAmerican basketball player · b. 1980
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Five PointsThomas Hill
1cemetery inside Mignon
Comers

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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Questions about Mignon’s history

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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 Wikipedia, 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.