Falkville

History

Falkville was named for Louis M. Falk, a Prussian merchant who emigrated to the area in the late 1850s. Falk opened a general store in what is now Falkville in 1859 and later became the town's first postmaster. Two destructive tornadoes hit the town in the 1950s. On April 24, 1955, an F4 tornado tore directly through the town, killing five and injuring 20. Two years later, on April 8, 1957, a long-tracked F3 tornado hit the southern part of town. That storm killed two and injured 90. In 1973, Falkville Chief of Police Jeff Greenhaw responded to a call reporting a crashed UFO. Greenhaw claimed to have seen and photographed a mysterious metallic figure with superhuman speed. In 1983 he filed a report that the photographs he took had been stolen from his home. The alleged incident has since become popular among UFOlogists.

Geography

Falkville is located in southern Morgan County. The town is concentrated along U.S. Route 31, south of Hartselle. Interstate 65 forms the eastern edge of the town, with access from Exit 322. Decatur, the Morgan county seat, is to the north, Huntsville is to the northeast, and Cullman is to the south. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Falkville has a total area of , of which , or 0.47%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  307
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  259
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  239
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  238
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  233
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  231
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  223
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  218

Most recent

• M 2.53 — 2026-04-27
  12 km NNE of Trinity, Alabama
• M 2.66 — 2022-08-13
  6 km NW of Hazel Green, Alabama
• M 2.62 — 2020-11-01
  13 km SE of Triana, Alabama
• M 2.53 — 2020-02-08
  13 km S of Moulton, Alabama
• M 2.79 — 2018-07-06
  0 km WSW of Muscle Shoals, Alabama
• M 2.69 — 2017-12-20
  7 km WSW of Scottsboro, Alabama