Needs More Love

About Akron

Town in Alabama, United States
1870Established
225Population
0.7 sq miArea
131 ftElevation

Akron () is a town in Hale County, Alabama, United States. On January 18, 1906, landowners Charles E. Waller, Charles Lichtman and M.H. Murphy sold at public auction a great number of individual business and residential lots which would be developed into the town of Akron, Alabama. Akron became the fastest growing town in Hale County, and in a few years had grown to include a modern post office, railroad depot, various retail businesses, barber shop, hotel, drug store, concrete and block factory, wheel spoke factory, lumber mills, and attractive residences. The town was incorporated in March 1918. As of the 2020 census, Akron had a population of 225. Akron has one site on the National Regis…

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Full page →
The weekly

This week in Akron

The forecast calls for Mostly Sunny, highs near 95°. In the local news, Hale County Boys Varsity Basketball @ Akron (MaxPreps).

New on the map: USPS (Post office) and Akron Public Library (Library).

Gathered from local news, the National Weather Service, and your neighbors’ posts.

Akron’s photo wall is empty.

Add a picture of the spots that make it Akron.

Pin the first photo →
Coming up

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar yet

Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.

Add an event →
From your neighbors

What’s happening

A preview of what neighbors share. Be the first to post in Akron.
+ Write the first post
Around town

Local news

All news →

Loading local headlines…

Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.

You’re browsing

Akron

Alabama · AL
View town boundary →
Township / city / CDP overlaps possible.
Loading boundary…

Akron is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01