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History · Twin

Twin’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Twin was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975.

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How Twin began

When was Twin founded?

1892

The Twin post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 359134 years
Founding year: the first Twin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Twin’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Twin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Twin, in brief

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

Twin, also known as Yampertown, is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. It is about equidistant from Brilliant, Guin and Winfield. It incorporated on August 6, 2002, becoming the 10th incorporated community in Marion County. It had a population of 359 as of the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 399 to 359 (-10%).

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

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Twin, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Twin

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

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Robert AderholtUnited States Representative from Alabama · b. 1965
William Brockman BankheadAmerican politician · b. 1874
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Billy SherrillAmerican record producer and arranger · b. 1936
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Donald G. JacksonFilm director · b. 1943
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John BaragreyAmerican actor · b. 1918
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Johnny Micheal SpannCIA Agent · b. 1969
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Twin had its own post office from 1892 to 1909.

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Hamlets and corners on the map
Yampertown
1cemetery inside Twin
Mount Olive

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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 Twin’s history

What year was Twin founded?

The Twin post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (1), 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.