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History · Shiloh

Shiloh was first counted by the census in 1970

Most of Shiloh was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1970.

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Quick answers

How Shiloh began

When was Shiloh founded?

1970

Shiloh first appears in the census in 1970.

First census: 233 in 19702020 census: 32156 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Shiloh’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 Shiloh are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shiloh’s history is told.

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The story so far

Shiloh, in brief

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

Shiloh is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1962. At the 2020 census, the population was 321. Shiloh is located atop Sand Mountain. Shiloh is the subject of a dispute over repeated flooding of homes, caused by the expansion and raising of Alabama State Route 75. An agreement to fix this problem has not been implemented.

Its first post office opened in 1970. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 274 to 321 (+17%).

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

By decade

Shiloh, decade by decade

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On the map

Shiloh on the map, 1936 to 1983

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

Shiloh on the 1936 USGS mapShiloh on the 1949 USGS mapShiloh on the 1970 USGS mapShiloh on the 1983 USGS map1936Fyffe 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 Shiloh.

People over time

Shiloh, census by census

0100200300198020002020Peak: 321

Between 233 and 321 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Shiloh

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

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John Allen ChauAmerican missionary · b. 1991
Philip OberAmerican stage, film and television actor · b. 1902
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Thomas H. CookAmerican writer · b. 1947
Katherine StinsonAmerican aviator · b. 1891
Tim FlockAmerican racecar driver · b. 1924
Larry NelsonAmerican professional golfer · b. 1947
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Shiloh Schoolschool

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.

FyffeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRainsvilleIts storyD−

Questions about Shiloh’s history

What year was Shiloh founded?

The Shiloh post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.