Mooresville · National Register of Historic Places
Mooresville’s story
208 years in pictures
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1818Mooresville is settled
MooresvilleAL
Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0
Population
48
2025 Census estimate · +9.1% since 2020
Median home value
$390K
Census ACS
Household income
$144K
median
Median age
56.8
years
Land area
0 sq mi
Is Mooresville a good place to live?
30% of the land in Mooresville is conserved, above both the Alabama town median (1.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Mooresville and Belle Mina is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mooresville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Mooresville stand out
Where Mooresville beats most towns.
Small town
48 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Mooresville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mooresville, and how to reach them.
PowerCity of Athens11.6¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterLimestone County Water & Sewer Auth.No health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Mooresville’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Alabama you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereLimestone County Circuit ClerkLimestone County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Apr 2026
ZIP code3564935649 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mooresville.
Outdoors
Mooresville keeps nearly a quarter of its land conserved
The biggest park or preserve is Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, at 58 acres.
29.9%conserved
29.9%
conserved · 56 of 189 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | — | 58 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter33–53°
Spring49–73°
Summer68–89°
Fall50–74°
Nov 1
typical first frost
Mar 31
typical last frost
+0.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health
Mooresville stands out in Alabama and nationally: a smaller share of its adults feel lonely
No town among the 188 in Alabama we compare has a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Mooresville. The share of adults in Mooresville who report frequent mental distress is 11%, below both Alabama’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (17%). Mooresville: 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor. Among 188 Alabama towns, just 2 have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Mooresville.
| Mooresville | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 36% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 80% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 43% | 35% |
32 measures vs. Alabama
17 better11 too close to call4 worse
| What stands out | Mooresville | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 19.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.3% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.6% | 8.2% |
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
5.8 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards
Mooresville faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Mooresville once, in 2011. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 37% come from inland flooding and 22% from cold waves.
41risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Nearby attractions
All 12 attractions →U.S. Space & Rocket Center and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mooresville. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumU.S. Space & Rocket Center1.0M visitors a year9 mi Theme parkSpace City USA
20 mi MuseumBurritt on the Mountain17 mi Theme parkSouthern Adventures
18 mi MuseumHuntsville Museum of Art
6 mi TheatrePrincess TheatreSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Princess Theatre: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Keep exploring
Everything we know about Mooresville
18pages on Mooresville
The big questions
Out and about
The story
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mooresville
John C Calhoun State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Tanner4.2 mi$5,120 in-state tuitionAthens State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Athens13.4 mi
About 0 of every 100 Mooresville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Mooresville
Town in Alabama, United States
Mooresville is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, United States, located southeast of the intersection of Interstate 565 and Interstate 65, and north of Wheeler Lake. The town is between Huntsville and Decatur, and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area; as of the 2020 census, Mooresville had a population of 47. Although the town's per-capita income is over $50,000, Mooresville is within the area covered by the charter for the Appalachian Regional Commission, an organization whose goal is to help increase the per-capita income of impoverished areas. Mooresville is within Corridor V of the Appalachian Development Highway System. The town was the primary filming locatio…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1818
- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 574 ft
- ZIP code
- 35649
- Area code
- 256
Questions about Mooresville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mooresville, AL a good place to live?
Mooresville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What is Mooresville, AL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Wade Keyes and James Sloss.