Abbeville, Alabama

**Abbeville** is a city in the state of Alabama, in the United States. It is the county seat of Henry County. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2020, 2,358 people lived in Abbeville.

The government of Abbeville is a mayor and a city council. The city council is made up of five people. Each city councilperson is elected from one of five districts in the city.

## Location

The coordinates for Abbeville are:  (31.566367, -85.251300). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the size of the city is . This includes  of land and
 of water.

## History

Abbeville was a colonial town. It is the oldest still standing colonial settlement in eastern Alabama. It's older than Henry County and the State of Alabama. The city was named after a Muscogee Indian man named "Abbe." He was a Native American who lived nearby when the city was started. The name means "a grove of dogwood trees."

In 1819, there was a trading post in Abbeville. (A trading post is a small settlement that has been set up for trading. Trading posts are usually located in remote places.) At this time, the area was part of Alabama Territory.

In 1944, there was a famous civil rights event that happened in Abbeville. An African-American woman was gang-raped by six white men. The men told the police that they had raped her. Two grand juries decided not to take them to court. Because of this, the men were never punished. This event was written about in the book _At the Dark End of the Street._

By 1950, there were 2,162 people living in Abbeville.

## Demographics

In 2020, Abbeville had 2,358 people living there. It was 49.4% white, 44.1% black or African-American, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 2.2% other races, and 3.5% mixed race. Of the people in Abbeville, 2.8% were Hispanic or Latino.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Abbeville
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Downtown Abbeville, Alabama.JPG
- **image caption**: Historic Downtown Abbeville, Alabama
- **image map**: File:Henry County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Abbeville Highlighted 0100124.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Abbeville in Henry County, Alabama.
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Alabama
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Alabama, County
- **subdivision name2**: Henry County, Alabama, Henry
- **area total km2**: 40.36
- **area total sq mi**: 15.58
- **area land km2**: 40.26
- **area land sq mi**: 15.54
- **area water km2**: 0.11
- **area water sq mi**: 0.04
- **area water percent**: 0.32
- **population total**: 2358
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 58.58
- **population density sq mi**: 151.71
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **elevation m**: 137
- **elevation ft**: 449
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 36310
- **area code**: Area code 334, 334
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 01-00124
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **unit pref**: Imperial