Gainesville, Alabama

About Gainesville

Gainesville, AL is a tiny community located in western Alabama, home to 164 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Officially, Gainesville is an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 1.72 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 95 residents per square mile.

📰 Gainesville News Today

• ALEA: Body of missing boater recovered from Tombigbee River fox10tv.com · Jun 14
• Gainesville mayor gives kids a taste of college at Alabama A&M WAFF · Mar 29
• Former UA President Stuart Bell insists he won’t “bring DEI” to Gainesville, despite his policies at Alabama The Crimson White · Jun 24
• Missing Boater Found Dead in West Alabama’s Sumter County Monday Tuscaloosa Thread · Jun 14
• This Tuscaloosa native helps build Alabama football-to-Gainesville pipeline Yahoo Sports · Jun 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Gainesville Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Gainesville — but the Alabama one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in western Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gainesville

• Damsite East Bank Public Use Area reviews ★
• Damsite West Bank Public Use Area reviews ★
• Forrest Memorial reviews ★
• Gainesville Access Area reviews ★
• Gainesville Historic District reviews ★
• Gainesville Park reviews ★
• Main-Yankee Street Historic District reviews ★
• Sumter Recreation Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Gainesville

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