On January 18, 1906, landowners Charles E. Waller, Charles Lichtman and M.H. Murphy sold at public auction a great number of individual business and residential lots which would be developed into the town of Akron, Alabama. Akron is the birthplace of Riggs Stephenson, baseball player.
- CountyHale County
- Population225 (2020 U.S. Census)




















A view of Akron