Fayetteville is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

and

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Talladega County,

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

, United States. Its population was 1,284 as of the 2010 census. The following is found on a sign erected by the Alabama Historical Association: "In 1814, Tennessee Troops joined Andrew Jackson's force which won the Creek Indian War. After Indian removal in 1836, these veterans brought their families here, named this community for their old home in Tennessee. Fayetteville Academy was built in 1850." In 1920, a new high school was built in the Fayetteville community called Fayetteville High School.

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Census-designated places in Talladega County, Alabama Census-designated places in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Talladega County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{TalladegaCountyAL-geo-stub