Official Name: | Allenton, Alabama |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alabama |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 31.9368°N -87.0533°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Wilcox |
Elevation Ft: | 292 |
Elevation M: | 89 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 36768 |
Area Code: | 334 |
Allenton is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States.
Allenton is located at 31.5613°N -8.7031°W and has an elevation of 292feet.
Allenton first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.[1] It has not appeared separately on the census since.
The beat (precinct) containing Allenton first appeared on the 1870 U.S. Census as Allenton-9th Beat of Wilcox County.[2] It continued to report as the 9th precinct until 1950. In 1960, the precincts were merged and/or reorganized into census divisions (as part of a general reorganization of counties) and it was consolidated into the census division of Pine Apple.[3]