Nectar

Nectar is located in west-central Blount County in the north-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city council form of government.

History

Nectar Covered Bridge The area now incorporating the town of Nectar was a settlement that had existed before Alabama became a state in 1819. During the Creek War of 1813-14, Andrew Jackson and his troops reportedly camped in the vicinity. This area was originally known as Tidmore for Henry Tidmore, the first postmaster in the area in 1902. It is unknown when or why the town’s name was changed to Nectar. The first school was built in 1890. Into the twentieth century, the area’s economy revolved around agricultural production. Nectar has been known more recently for the covered bridges in the area, one of which was built in 1909 and the other in the early 1930s. Nectar was incorporated in 1979.

Demographics

According to 2020 Census estimates, Nectar recorded a population of 598. Of that number, 83.1 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 22.7 percent as Hispanic, 15.9 percent as two or more races, and 1.0 percent as Native American. The town’s median household income was $41,576, and the per capita income was $15,785.

Employment

According to 2020 Census estimates, the workforce in Nectar was divided among the following industrial categories:

• Other services, except public administration (20.0 percent)
• Educational services and health care and social assistance (16.3 percent)
• Retail trade (11.6 percent)
• Manufacturing (11.2 percent)
• Construction (9.8 percent)
• Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (8.4 percent)
• Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (8.4 percent)
• Wholesale trade (6.0 percent)
• Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (4.2 percent)
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extraction (2.8 percent)
• Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (1.4 percent)

Education

Students in Nectar attend Blount County schools; no public schools are located within the town limits.

Transportation

State Highway 160 bisects Nectar running northeast-southwest. County Highways 11 and 37 both dead-end into 160, 11 from the northwest, and 37 from the northeast.

Events and Places of Interest

Nectar is located just northwest of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, which offers water sports such as swimming, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, and rafting. The Nectar Covered Bridge (ca. 1934), which burned in 1993, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Additional Resources

Blount County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Blount County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 1999.