Paint Rock, Alabama
Paint Rock, Alabama | |
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Businesses along US-72 in Paint Rock | |
Location of Paint Rock in Jackson County, Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 34°39′37″N 86°19′41″W / 34.66028°N 86.32806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Jackson |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.44 sq mi (1.15 km2) |
| • Land | 0.43 sq mi (1.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 610 ft (186 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 182 |
| • Density | 419.9/sq mi (162.12/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 35764 |
| Area code | 256 |
| FIPS code | 01-57696 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0154485 |
Paint Rock is a town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, along the Paint Rock River, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was incorporated in July 1894.
As of the 2020 census, Paint Rock had a population of 182. Out of 13 incorporated communities in Jackson County, it is the least populated. Its peak population was in 1910 when it had 534 people and was the 4th largest town in the county.
Paint Rock is the location where the Scottsboro Boys were arrested.