Watch Huntsville Grow: Neighborhoods Year by Year
Every neighborhood in Madison County started as a plat: a survey map that splits a field into lots and streets and gets recorded with the county. Press play and watch 2,912 of them fill in the map, one plat at a time, from 1888 to 2025.
New plats light up gold the year they are recorded, turn blue, then settle into navy. Drag the slider to any year, tap a neighborhood to see when it was platted, and turn on Show What's Coming to see the big communities planned next.
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- Press the gold Play button. The whole story runs about 20 seconds.
- Drag the slider, or tap a bar above it, to jump to a year. The bars show how many lots were platted each year, so the tall ones are the booms.
- Tap or hover over a neighborhood for its name, first plat year and lots, with a link to its page when we have one. Use + and - (or pinch) to zoom.
- Share This Map copies a link that opens on the year you are looking at.
Huntsville's Building Booms
Here is what the plat records show, counted straight from the same data as the map. A lot is a lot once it is recorded, whether the house went up that year or years later.
Lots Platted in the 2000s
More lots were recorded from 2000 to 2009 than in any other full decade in the record. That is about 2,676 a year.
See 2009 on the mapThe 2020s So Far
20,883 lots were platted from 2020 through 2025, the latest year in the layer. That is a faster pace than any full decade, including the 2000s.
See 2025 on the mapTwo Record Years Back to Back
The two biggest years on record are 1963 with 4,873 lots and 1964 with 4,607 lots.
See 1964 on the mapLots a Year, 1940s to 1960s
Platting went from about 226 lots a year in the 1940s to 1,119 in the 1950s and 2,199 in the 1960s.
See 1969 on the mapOf All Lots Were Platted Since 2000
About 43% of the lots on the map were recorded in 2000 or later, and 94% since 1950.
See 2000 on the mapNeighborhoods First Platted Since 2020
Out of 2,912 neighborhoods on the map, 380 recorded their first plat in 2020 or later.
See 2025 on the mapBuilding in phases shows up in the data too: Greenwycke Village added plats in 20 different years (1937 to 2022); English Village added plats in 15 different years (1964 to 2009); Village of Providence added plats in 13 different years (2010 to 2025).
Oldest Plats Still on the Map
- East Huntsville Addition 1892, 2,119 lots
- Coyle Subdivision 1892, 96 lots
- Butler & Eustace 1892, 32 lots
- Pierre Subdivision 1892, 29 lots
- W H Council Subdivision 1895, 58 lots
- Douglas Hill 1899, 70 lots
Neighborhoods with at least 25 lots whose first recorded plat is the oldest in the layer. Many older parts of town were laid out before these records start.
Biggest Neighborhoods by Lots
- East Huntsville Addition 2,119 lots, first platted 1892
- Lakewood Manor 1,172 lots, first platted 1956
- Lily Flagg Acres 730 lots, first platted 1956
- Newson Fairview 630 lots, first platted 1909
- Greenwycke Village 619 lots, first platted 1937
All sections added together. Big neighborhoods are usually recorded in many separate plats over the years.
Biggest New Neighborhoods Since 2020
- Grand Hollow 374 lots, North Huntsville
- Townsend Farms 311 lots, Hazel Green
- Parkside 307 lots, Meridianville
- Deerfield 243 lots, New Market
- Home Place at Clift Farm 236 lots, Madison
Ranked by lots platted so far; most of these are still adding sections.
Where Huntsville Grew, Decade by Decade
The area with the most lots platted in each decade, and the runner-up. Areas follow our Huntsville areas map inside the city and ZIP codes outside it.
| Decade | Most lots platted | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | North Huntsville 3,733 lots, 33% of the decade | West Huntsville 2,041 lots |
| 1960s | North Huntsville 9,308 lots, 42% of the decade | South Huntsville 4,758 lots |
| 1970s | South Huntsville 2,012 lots, 37% of the decade | North Huntsville 982 lots |
| 1980s | Madison 4,496 lots, 24% of the decade | South Huntsville 4,052 lots |
| 1990s | Madison 5,013 lots, 28% of the decade | North Huntsville 1,964 lots |
| 2000s | Madison 4,763 lots, 18% of the decade | Northwest Huntsville 3,276 lots |
| 2010s | Hampton Cove & Big Cove 2,447 lots, 17% of the decade | Northwest Huntsville 1,986 lots |
| 2020s (through 2025) | Meridianville 2,755 lots, 13% of the decade | North Huntsville 2,297 lots |
Curious What Your Neighborhood Is Worth Now?
A neighborhood platted in 1963 and one platted last year can sit a mile apart and sell very differently. We can tell you what homes like yours are selling for today.
Questions About the Map
What is a plat, and what does the plat year mean?
A plat is the recorded survey map that divides a piece of land into lots and streets. The year on this map is the year a plat was recorded, not the year every home was built. Homes in a neighborhood can go up over many years after the lots are recorded.
Where does this data come from?
From the subdivision plats layer in the City of Huntsville and Madison County GIS, as of October 2026. It covers Madison County. Parts of Huntsville and Madison that sit in Limestone County are not in this layer, and we left out commercial and industrial plats and the few records with no year.
Why does my neighborhood show up in more than one year?
Most neighborhoods are recorded in sections, and each section gets its own plat. Tap or hover over your neighborhood to see the year it was first platted and the year of the section you tapped.
What are the gold circles when I turn on Show What's Coming?
They are communities on our coming-soon list: approved, annexed or announced, but mostly not platted yet. They are placed where they were announced and sized by the acres or homes announced, and each one links to its own page.
Can you tell me what my home is worth now?
Yes. Start with our home values page for a quick look, then call or text (256) 808-6861 for a free, no-pressure opinion of value from a local agent. This map is history, not an appraisal.
George Lensch, Broker, Wyze Realty