Moundville is a town in Hale and Tuscaloosa counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was incorporated on December 22, 1908. From its incorporation until the 1970 census, it was wholly within Hale County. At the 2010 census the population was 2,427, up from 1,809 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area. Within the town is Moundville Archaeological Site, the location of a prehistoric Mississippian culture political and ceremonial center.
General store in Moundville, July 1936
Landowner in Moundville, August 1936; photograph by Walker Evans
Hale County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,785. Its county seat is Greensboro. It is named in honor of Confederate officer Stephen Fowler Hale.
Hale County Courthouse and Confederate statue in Greensboro
The Safe House Museum in Greensboro; in 1968 its owner sheltered Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from Ku Klux Klan members in the area