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Aliceville is a city in Pickens County, Alabama, United States, located thirty-six miles west of Tuscaloosa. In the 2020 census, Aliceville had a population of 2,177. Founded in the first decade of the 20th century and incorporated in 1907, Aliceville has become notable for its World War II-era prisoner-of-war camp, Camp Aliceville. Since 1930, it has been the largest municipality in Pickens County. == History == In 1902 the settlement that would become Aliceville was founded with the opening of a single store. The city was named in honor of Alice Dearing Cochrane (1876-1922), the wife of John T. Cochrane, founder of the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad and moving force behind the construction of the short line from Carrollton, Alabama to Aliceville. Within two years of the completion of the short line, Aliceville had grown to what the Montgomery Advertiser called in 1905 "a town of considerable pretensions. There are about a dozen stores, a bank, public buildings and numerous enterprises." In 1907, an election was scheduled to allow the citizens of Aliceville to decide whether their community should be incorporated. Incorporation was approved by the voters. In March 1907, a municipal election was held to choose municipal officers, including a mayor and five aldermen: T.H. Sommerville, J.M. Summerville, A. Hood, J.D. Sanders, W.E. Stringfellow, and J.B. Cunningham, respectively.