Greenville, Alabama

**Greenville** is a city in Butler County, Alabama, United States.  At the 2020 census, the population was 7,374. The city is the county seat of Butler County.  It is called the Camellia City, the state flower of Alabama.

## Climate

The city of Greenville has an average high temperature of 77.30 degrees and an average low temperature of 53.80 degrees Fahrenheit. The city averages 4.80 inches of precipitation per month.

## Law and government

The local government of Greenville is run by the Mayor and City Council. The city council has five members.

## Recreation and culture

The city's residents were on the first episode of the ABC reality/game show series _My Kind of Town_, on Sunday, August 14, 2005.

Greenville is the location of a Robert Trent Jones-designed golf course, Cambrian Ridge.  The clubhouse for the golf course is on the highest point in Butler County.

Greenville is home to Sherling Lake Park and Campground which has 41 campsites and surrounds two lakes.

Greenville is also the home of the Watermelon Jubilee, a local arts and crafts exposition held each year in the month of August. Every year in September, the city hosts the Butler County Fair. Also, during the fall, Greenville hosts Old Time Farm Day which features activities such as tractor races, blacksmithing and quilting demonstrations.

## Notable residents/natives

- Beth Chapman, the incumbent Secretary of State of Alabama
- Leon Crenshaw, NFL player
- Thomas H. Watts, the eighteenth governor of Alabama
- Hank Williams, Sr.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Greenville
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Greenville AL Butler Co Court House.JPG
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Butler County Courthouse in Greenville
- **nickname**: Camellia City
- **image map**: File:Butler County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Greenville Highlighted 0131912.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Greenville in Butler County, Alabama.
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision name1**: Alabama
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Alabama, County
- **subdivision name2**: Butler County, Alabama, Butler
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1819
- **area total km2**: 55.76
- **area land km2**: 55.31
- **area water km2**: 0.46
- **area total sq mi**: 21.53
- **area land sq mi**: 21.35
- **area water sq mi**: 0.18
- **elevation m**: 134
- **elevation ft**: 440
- **population total**: 7374
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 133.33
- **population density sq mi**: 345.32
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone (North America), Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 36037
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 334, 334
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 01-31912
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0119376
- **unit pref**: Imperial