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History · South Vinemont

South Vinemont was first counted by the census in 1970

Most of South Vinemont was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1970.

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How South Vinemont began

When was South Vinemont founded?

1970

South Vinemont first appears in the census in 1970. Another post office, Vinemont (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 480 in 19702020 census: 55856 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about South Vinemont’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 South Vinemont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 749 in 2010; 558 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Vinemont’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

South Vinemont, census by census

0200400600800198020002020Peak: 749

Peaked at 749 in 2010; 558 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

The story so far

South Vinemont, in brief

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

South Vinemont is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Vinemont had a population of 558. Initially incorporated as the town of Vinemont in 1961, state officials informed them the name was already taken and so was later changed to South Vinemont. However, the U.S. Census still referred to the town as Vinemont in 1970 and was not acknowledged as South Vinemont until 1980.

Its first post office opened in 1970. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 749 to 558 (-26%).

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

Timeline

South Vinemont, 1898 to 2010

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Vinemont post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1974Post officeThe Vinemont post office closes
  6. 21st century
  7. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 749
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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

South Vinemont on the map, 1957 to 1983

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

South Vinemont on the 1957 USGS mapSouth Vinemont on the 1968 USGS mapSouth Vinemont on the 1983 USGS map1957Cullman 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 South Vinemont.

Famous people

Famous people close to South Vinemont

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

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Channing TatumAmerican actor, dancer and model · b. 1980
Mae JemisonAmerican doctor and NASA astronaut · b. 1956
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Lucas BlackAmerican actor · b. 1982
Dean JonesAmerican actor · b. 1931
Philip RiversAmerican football player · b. 1981
Candi StatonAmerican singer–songwriter · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Vinemont, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
LongviewVinemont
1cemetery inside South Vinemont
Mount Zion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about South Vinemont’s history

What year was South Vinemont founded?

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

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.