Haleyville, Alabama

Haleyville is a city in Winston and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Alabama.

On February 16, 1968, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system in the nation went into service in Haleyville.

On June 1, 2010, Haleyville citizens voted to become the first city in Winston County since Prohibition to allow the sale of alcohol.

[2] The city sits on the Tennessee Valley Divide, with the north half of the town draining into tributaries of the Tennessee River, the southwest quarter draining to tributaries of the Tombigbee River, and the southeast quarter draining to tributaries of the Black Warrior River.

Northwest Alabama is in the foothills of the southwest end of the Appalachian Mountains, so Haleyville is hilly.

The soil there, made of sand and clay combined, is very sensitive to water, so there are many creeks and little valleys.

At the 2000 census there were 4,182 people, 1,815 households, and 1,148 families living in the city.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,361 people, 1,536 households, and 989 families residing in the city.

The system is the home of the Haleyville High School Band, which has won several national championships.

Its last notable victory came under the direction of Ken Williams (director from 1990 to 2007), during a national competition held 2003 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, in Dallas, TX.

The band received all superior ratings and was crowned Grand Champion of the competition.

[16] In April 2017 Haleyville Elementary School received the Charlotte F. Lockhart Award for Excellence in Literacy Education.

The 2009 Roaring Lions boys team also finished third in the state in cross country.

Study for Reforestation (1940), a New Deal mural commissioned for the Haleyville post office building that is now the city's public library
Map of Alabama highlighting Marion County
Map of Alabama highlighting Winston County