Fyffe is located in DeKalb County in the northeast corner of the state. It is noted for alleged mass UFO sightings by many town residents in 1989. The event is now celebrated with an annual festival, and the town has been designated as the UFO Capital of Alabama.
History
Fyffe was the site of the 1959 United Sacred Harp Musical Convention. Well-known ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax recorded much of the singing at the convention. Fyffe is best known for mass sightings of UFOs, which took place on February 11-12, 1989. Some 50 town residents reported seeing unidentified objects in the skies over the town.
Demographics
According to 2016 Census estimates, Fyffe recorded a population of 1,465. Of that number, 93.2 percent of respondents identified themselves as white, 3.3 percent as two or more races, 1.8 percent as Native American, 1.6 percent as African American, and 1.5 percent as Hispanic. The town's median household income was $46,080, and the per capita income was $18,334.
Employment
According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Fyffe was divided among the following industrial categories:
- Manufacturing (21.7 percent)
- Educational services, and health care and social assistance (15.4 percent)
- Other services, except public administration (13.4 percent)
- Retail trade (11.0 percent)
- Construction (10.8 percent)
- Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (8.1 percent)
- Professional, scientific, and administrative and waste management services (7.6 percent)
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation and food services (6.7 percent)
- Public administration (2.0 percent)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (1.8 percent)
- Wholesale trade (0.9 percent)
- Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (0.5 percent)
Education
Fyffe is part of the DeKalb County Schools and has one K-12 public school.
Transportation
Fyffe is served by State Highway 75, which runs northeast-southwest through the town, as well as County Road 50, which runs northwest-southeast.
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