| Official Name: | Fayetteville, Alabama |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Talladega |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 51.21 |
| Area Land Km2: | 45.18 |
| Area Water Km2: | 6.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 19.77 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 17.44 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 2.33 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1422 |
| Population Density Km2: | 31.48 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 81.52 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 436 |
| Coordinates: | 33.1456°N -86.4058°W |
| Area Code: | 256 & 938 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 118227 |
Fayetteville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 1,284 as of the 2010 census.[2]
The following is found on a sign erected by the Alabama Historical Association:
"In 1814, Tennessee Troops joined Andrew Jackson's force which won the Creek Indian War. After Indian removal in 1836, these veterans brought their families here, named this community for their old home in Tennessee. Fayetteville Academy was built in 1850."
In 1920, a new high school was built in the Fayetteville community called Fayetteville High School.