Hayneville, Alabama

Hayneville, Alabama
Town
Hayneville Courthouse Square
Location of Hayneville in Lowndes County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 32°10′57″N 86°34′50″W / 32.18250°N 86.58056°W / 32.18250; -86.58056
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lowndes
Government
• Mayor	Helenor Bell
Area [1]
• Total	1.88 sq mi (4.86 km2)
• Land	1.86 sq mi (4.82 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation	243 ft (74 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	830
• Density	446.00/sq mi (172.16/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	36040
Area code	334
FIPS code	01-33712
GNIS feature ID	0119902

Hayneville is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States and its county seat. At the 2010 census the population was 932, down from its record high of 1,177 in 2000. It is also part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. It initially incorporated in 1831,^[2] but lapsed, finally reincorporating in 1967. Before 1970, the town appeared only twice on the U.S. Census: in 1850^[3] and 1890.^[4] The 1850 estimate of 800 residents ranked it as the largest town in the county at the time.

Located in the fertile Black Belt region, Hayneville was the county seat in a plantation economy after Native Americans were removed that used slave labor for cotton production. The town was later a railway terminus and home to the Hayneville Railway Company, which was organized in 1903. Two years later, the company was reorganized as the Hayneville & Montgomery Railroad Company and provided connections for shipping with the L&N Railroad Company's tracks.