Lipscomb

History

The city of Lipscomb was first incorporated on June 30, 1910, and was named for L. Y. Lipscomb, one of three brothers who first settled in the area in 1885. As early as the 1880s, the community was called Wheeling and the town had 200-300 residents by 1906. The community was originally named after Wheeling, West Virginia because the owners of Woodward Iron Company, who employed many of the residents, also had business interests in that state. Y. L. Lipscomb ran a general store on the old South Bessemer car line which opened in 1890, though the first settlers actually came to the area in the 1830s, when Vincent Loveless established his farm in the area. The first church was established in the area in June 1834 when a log structure was built named Union Baptist Church which sat on the site of the present church.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,980
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  11,979
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,289
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  11,215
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  10,945
• Eastern Towhee

  Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,708
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,247
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,689

Largest nearby schools

• Hoover High School
  High · Hoover · 2,841 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• Vestavia Hills High School
  High · Vestavia Hills · 1,578 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Homewood High School
  High · Homewood · 1,330 students · 12.7:1 ratio
• Hueytown High School
  High · Hueytown · 1,210 students · 23.7:1 ratio
• McAdory High School
  High · McCalla · 1,162 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• Pizitz Middle School
  Middle · Vestavia · 1,158 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Homewood Middle School
  Middle · Homewood · 926 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Edgewood Elementary School
  Elementary · Homewood · 888 students · 15.3:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2021-12-22
  10 km E of Maplesville, Alabama
• M 2.55 — 2020-10-15
  1 km W of Belk, Alabama
• M 2.87 — 2020-06-25
  4 km NNW of Berry, Alabama
• M 2.7 — 2017-02-17
  22 km S of Oakman, Alabama
• M 2.6 — 2017-02-17
  16 km S of Oakman, Alabama
• M 2.5 — 2016-08-23
  20 km S of Oakman, Alabama