Woodville is located in Jackson County in northeastern Alabama. It has a mayor-council form of government.
Early History
Located on a trade route between Huntsville and Scottsboro, Woodville was a mercantile and trading center for local farmers. In 1869, the town was the site of a gun battle between two warring local families that left two participants dead. The Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway built a line through the town in the 1870s. The first school, Green Academy, was built just outside the town center in 1890 on the top of nearby Cumberland Mountain. Woodville was incorporated on May 12, 1890, but lost its charter seven years later. It was again incorporated in 1912.
Demographics
According to 2020 Census estimates, Woodville recorded a population of 1,076. Of that number, 97.3 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 2.0 percent as Hispanic, 1.4 percent as two or more races, and 1.3 percent as Native American. The town's median household income was $48,214, and the per capita income was $22,059.
Employment
According to 2020 Census estimates, the workforce in Woodville was divided among the following industrial categories:
- Manufacturing (24.7 percent)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (16.1 percent)
- Construction (13.0 percent)
- Educational services and health care and social assistance (11.1 percent)
- Public administration (9.4 percent)
- Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (9.1 percent)
- Other services, except public administration (6.1 percent)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extraction (5.7 percent)
- Retail trade (4.7 percent)
- Wholesale trade (2.8 percent)
- Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (1.9 percent)
- Information (0.6 percent)
- Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (0.6 percent)
Education
Woodville High School, which serves grades K-12, is part of the Jackson County School District.
Transportation
Woodville is served by State Highway 35, which runs northeast-southwest through the town, and U.S. Highway 72, which runs east-west along the southern edge of the town.
Events and Places of Interest
The Bob Jones Community Center is named in honor of Woodville native state congressman Bob Jones and houses banquet facilities with a full kitchen. The 1909 building also houses the collections of the Woodville Historical Center, focusing on the history of the town. Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge is located just northeast of the town.
