Nauvoo, Alabama

Nauvoo, Alabama
Town
Nauvoo Commercial Block, taken as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey
Location of Nauvoo in Walker County and Winston County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 33°59′19″N 87°29′16″W / 33.98861°N 87.48778°W / 33.98861; -87.48778Coordinates: 33°59′19″N 87°29′16″W / 33.98861°N 87.48778°W / 33.98861; -87.48778
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	Walker, Winston
Area
• Total	0.99 sq mi (2.57 km2)
• Land	0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	568 ft (173 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	221
• Estimate (2016)	211
• Density	213.13/sq mi (82.31/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	35578
Area code(s)	205
FIPS code	01-53400
GNIS feature ID	0160219

Nauvoo is a town in Walker and Winston counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 221, down from 284 in 2000. Camp McDowell, the official camp and conference center of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, is located here.

Nauvoo was founded as Ingle Mills in 1888, during the construction of the Northern Alabama Railway, and was formerly a center of coal mining. For unknown reasons, resident Tom Carroll renamed it for Nauvoo, Illinois, a city founded by Mormon prophet Joseph Smith in 1839. According to 1910 U.S. Census records, it incorporated in 1906.

Nauvoo is located at 33°59′19″N 87°29′16″W / 33.988571°N 87.487814°W / 33.988571; -87.487814.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²), all land.

As of the census of 2000, there were 284 people, 116 households, and 83 families residing in the town. The population density was 289.3 people per square mile (111.9/km²). There were 150 housing units at an average density of 152.8 per square mile (59.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.24% White, 1.06% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. 1.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.