Hanceville is located in north-central Alabama in Cullman County. It is home to Wallace State Community College and the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Cathedral at Our Lady of Angels Monastery. Hanceville has a mayor/council form of government.
History

The boundary between the counties was again revised in 1901 and Hanceville became wholly part of Cullman County. A newspaper, The Hanceville Hustler, was published from the mid-1890s until about 1908. A high school was constructed in 1923, an elementary school in 1936, and a new high school in 1955, when the older school became a junior high. Wallace State Community College was established in Hanceville in 1966, becoming a cornerstone of the city's economy. Construction began in 1996 on the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Cathedral at Our Lady of Angels Monastery, founded by Catholic nun Mother Angelica; it was consecrated in 1999. The monastery is home to the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration, and the Knights of the Holy Eucharist reside on the compound as well.
Demographics
According to 2016 Census estimates, Hanceville recorded a population of 3,297. Of that number, 92.1 percent of the population reported themselves as white, 5.6 percent as black, 5.0 percent as Hispanic, and 1.9 percent as two or more races. The median household income was $32,381, and the per capita income was $16,527.
Employment
According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Hanceville was divided among the following industrial categories:
- Educational services, and health care and social assistance (29.1 percent)
- Retail trade (24.2 percent)
- Manufacturing (16.9 percent)
- Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing (6.1 percent)
- Construction (5.1 percent)
- Other services, except public administration (4.1 percent)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services (3.9 percent)
- Information (3.2 percent)
- Wholesale trade (2.8 percent)
- Professional, scientific, management, and administrative and waste management services (2.2 percent)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (1.0 percent)
- Public administration (0.7 percent)
- Transportation and warehousing, and utilities (0.7 percent)
Education
Public education in Hanceville is administered by the Cullman County Board of Education and has an elementary, middle, and high school. In addition, Wallace State Community College, a two-year higher-education institution, is located there.
Transportation
Hanceville lies approximately eight miles east of Interstate 65, which runs north-south via County Road 365. Hanceville is also accessed by U.S. Highway 31 and State Highway 91, which run north-south.
Events and Places of Interest

Hanceville operates a recreation center and a swimming pool.
Additional Resources
Arroyo, Raymond. Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles. New York: Doubleday, 2005.
Additional Resources
Arroyo, Raymond. Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles. New York: Doubleday, 2005.
Heritage of Cullman County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants Inc., 1999.
Jones, Margaret Jean. Cullman County Across the Years. Cullman, Ala.: Modernistic Printers, 1975.