Hollywood, Alabama

Hollywood, Alabama
Town
Location in Jackson County and the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 34°43′1″N 85°57′56″W / 34.71694°N 85.96556°W / 34.71694; -85.96556
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Jackson
Area
• Total	8.9 sq mi (23.1 km2)
• Land	8.9 sq mi (23.1 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	627 ft (191 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	950
• Density	106.7/sq mi (41.1/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	35752
Area code(s)	256
FIPS code	01-35632
GNIS feature ID	0120286

Hollywood is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 1,000, up from 950 in 2000. The town is the site of the Tennessee Valley Authority's never-completed Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station. In 2012, TVA indicated it might bring the unit one reactor online as early as 2018.^[1]

History

Originally established as Samples on December 14, 1883, it became Hollywood on May 13, 1887. It formally incorporated on May 24, 1897, and held its first election June 8 of that year.

In 1994, it and 10 other towns named Hollywood successfully fought Hollywood, California's attempt to trademark its name and force same-named communities to pay royalties to it.^[2] A key point was that Hollywood in Alabama was the first incorporated Hollywood in the nation, whereas the one in California did not incorporate until 1903, 6 years after Alabama's, and would be merged into Los Angeles in 1910.

Geography

Hollywood is located at 34°43′1″N 85°57′56″W / 34.71694°N 85.96556°W / 34.71694; -85.96556 (34.716960, -85.965689).^[3]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.9 square miles (23 km²), of which 8.9 square miles (23 km²) is land and 0.11% is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[7] of 2000, there were 950 people, 375 households, and 265 families residing in the town. The population density was 106.6 people per square mile (41.2/km²). There were 404 housing units at an average density of 45.3 per square mile (17.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 80.63% White, 16.32% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.11% from other races, and 2.63% from two or more races. 0.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 375 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.

The town's population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,500, and the median income for a family was $34,306. Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $21,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,498. About 6.8% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

Notable person

• Human Tornado, professional wrestler

References

Coordinates: 34°43′01″N 85°57′56″W / 34.71696°N 85.965689°W / 34.71696; -85.965689

Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Scottsboro
Cities	Bridgeport Scottsboro Stevenson
Towns	Dutton Hollywood Hytop Langston Paint Rock Pisgah Pleasant Groves Section Skyline Woodville
Unincorporated communities	Baileytown Bass Bolivar Bryant Card Switch Estillfork Fackler Flat Rock Francisco Gorham's Bluff Higdon Hollytree Larkin Liberty Hill Lim Rock Long Island Pikeville Princeton Rash Rosalie Swaim Trenton
Ghost towns	Bellefonte Little Nashville