White Hall, Alabama
White Hall, Alabama | |
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White Hall Town Hall | |
Location of White Hall in Lowndes County, Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 32°18′50″N 86°42′50″W / 32.31389°N 86.71389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Lowndes |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.54 sq mi (40.24 km2) |
| • Land | 15.32 sq mi (39.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) |
| Elevation | 148 ft (45 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 806 |
| • Density | 52.6/sq mi (20.32/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 01-81912 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2406877 |
White Hall is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, White Hall had a population of 806. The community was named for a plantation that was destroyed in an 1882 tornado. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It was established during the Great Depression in 1935 as a New Deal project under the Resettlement Administration, similar to the town of Skyline. Because of Southern racial segregation, White Hall was intended for the African-American majority population in the area. The town did not incorporate until 1979.