Akron, Alabama

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The town of Akron is located in Hale County.

Time Zone: Akron lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Eutaw	2,973	W	8 mi [12.87 km]
Union	213	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]
Forkland	593	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]
Boligee	345	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]
Gainesville	200	W	24 mi [38.62 km]

To learn about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Akron Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Akron had a population of 521 people..

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Akron had a population of 436 people. This is a decrease of 16.31% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Akron).

Akron is 130 feet [39.62 m] above sea level.^<3>

Communities that are also named Akron can be found in:

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Akron. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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