Hanceville, AL Home for Rent

Hanceville is a small town in North-Central Alabama that has a mix of something old and something new. "Hanceville is like a real-life Mayberry. It's a very peaceful and wholesome place where you know everybody," says Charles Mann, a Hanceville native and owner of Mann's Home & Garden Shop. "People have been coming to my store since I was a kid. And now, they come in with their kids." Family-run stores and local restaurants are throughout the community, especially near downtown. "Our shop has been in business since 1913. I'm the fourth or fifth generation. You don't see many little country stores like this anymore. But we are still alive and kicking," Mann says. But Cullman County has grown steadily over the last decade, and Hanceville has seen its share of new homes and businesses move in. Country roads bend through pine forests and fields, interrupted occasionally by ranch-style homes or cottages with covered porches situated on spacious, grassy lots. In town, more cottages plus New Traditional and ranch-style homes sit on tree shaded lots. Many streets are narrow and unlined, often without sidewalks. New builds, mostly single-story homes with three bedrooms, have filled in