Half of Tillmans Corner’s homes were built after 1984
More historic than 7% of U.S. towns · #159 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Most of Tillmans Corner was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1980.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tillmans Corner is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #159 of 187 in Alabama. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tillmans Corner’s overall grade.
Alabama towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Alabama town has 2.7 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tillmans Corner’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (26% of Alabama towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Tillmans Corner’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bassenger Trailer ParkBill Herod Trailer ParkC and M Mobile Home ParkCountry Estates Trailer ParkCountry Mobile Home ParkGreendale Mobile Home ParkGunn Place Trailer ParkHidden Meadows Mobile Home ParkHillview Trailer ParkL and M Trailer ParkMagnolia Mobile Home ParkMeadow LakeMeadows Trailer ParkMiller Trailer ParkNix Trailer ParkPass Road Mobile Home ParkPlantation Trailer ParkPonderosa Trailer ParkQuail RunRabbit Creek EstatesRobinwoodStevensons Trailer CourtSuburban HeightsWandas Mobile Home Park
1cemetery inside Tillmans Corner
Mobile Memorial Gardens
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Tillmans Corner’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tillmans Corner’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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tillmans Corner. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1922Mobile sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tillmans Corner.
The story so far
Tillmans Corner, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tillmans Corner yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Tillmans Corner, or Tillman’s Corner, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 17,731. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area, and is the largest census-designated place in Alabama.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 17,398 in 2010, 17,731 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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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Tillmans Corner is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #159 of 187 in Alabama. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Tillmans Corner?
0.3% of Tillmans Corner’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.2% for an Alabama town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
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.
