Greensboro is a city in Hale County, Alabama, United States.

It was named in honor of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene.

[4] Reflecting the history of the antebellum years and a culture built on cotton plantations to produce the commodity crop, several sites on the National Register of Historic Places in or near Greensboro are connected to this past.

[5] One hundred years later, African Americans in Greensboro were among those in the state continuing to work to regain their civil rights after years of second-class status under Jim Crow.

Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, visited Greensboro in the course of his civil rights projects in the state.

In 1968, after speaking in Greensboro, he hid from Ku Klux Klan members in what is now operated as the Safe House Black History Museum, then a private home owned by the Burroughs family, local activists and longtime family friends.

[6] On May 27, 1973, a violent tornado struck the city, causing major damage across the area.

The southern part of the city was heavily damaged by a low-end EF2 tornado on January 12, 2023.

[7] Greensboro is slightly southeast of the center of Hale County and is crossed by Alabama State Routes 14, 25, and 69.

[2] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[8] As of the census[14] of 2000, there were 2,731 people, 1,026 households, and 688 families living in the city.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,218 people, 1,214 households, and 648 families residing in the city.