Millport, Alabama

Millport is a town in Lamar County, Alabama, United States.

After its incorporation from 1890 to 1900, it was the largest town in Lamar County, losing the distinction to Sulligent.

[4] At the 2000 census there were 1,160 people, 495 households, and 328 families living in the town.

The racial makeup of the town was 65.52% White, 33.97% Black, 0.09% Native American, and 0.43% from two or more races.

At the 2010 census there were 1,049 people, 453 households, and 304 families living in the town.

The racial makeup of the town was 64.7% White, 33.7% Black, 0.1% Native American, and 1.3% from two or more races.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,010 people, 451 households, and 274 families residing in the town.

Millport filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy in 2005 after mayor Waymon Fields, who was a former banker and was elected in 2004, discovered that the town was almost $3.5 million behind in payments and was facing its water and sewer system being taken over by the federal government because of missed payments.

A Steel Dust Recycling plant in Millport, August 2019
Map of Alabama highlighting Lamar County