Pinson, Alabama

Pinson is a city in Jefferson County near Birmingham, Alabama, United States, northwest of Center Point. It incorporated in March 2004. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,163.GeographyThis city is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 7.0sqmi, of which 7.0sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi is water.Pinson is located in an area of SW - NE parallel ridges, with occasional rock outcrops, especially toward the east-facing ridge crests. Pinson is home to the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve and the Alabama Butterbean Festival.The Palmerdale Homesteads are located within the city limits of Pinson. The Palmerdale Homesteads were the first of five farmers' resettlement communities built in Alabama under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s. The first of the 102 homesteads were completed in 1935. A community store and elementary school/community center were completed in 1937 to serve the farming community.