Needham is located in central Choctaw County in the southwestern part of the state near the Alabama and Mississippi border. It has a mayor/city council form of government.
History

Demographics
According to 2016 Census estimates, Needham recorded a population of 121. Of that number, 987.5 percent of respondents identified themselves as white and 2.5 percent as two or more races. The town's median household income was $68,750, and the per capita income was $30,364.
Employment
According to 2016 Census estimates, the workforce in Needham was divided among the following industrial categories:
· Manufacturing (25.9 percent)
· Retail trade (16.7 percent)
· Educational services, and health care and social assistance (13.0 percent)
· Transportation and warehousing and utilities (13.0 percent)
· Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services (7.4 percent)
· Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (7.4 percent)
· Construction (7.4 percent)
· Finance, insurance, and real estate, rental, and leasing (3.7 percent)
· Public administration (3.7 percent)
· Other services, except public administration (1.9 percent)
· Retail trade (16.7 percent)
· Educational services, and health care and social assistance (13.0 percent)
· Transportation and warehousing and utilities (13.0 percent)
· Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services (7.4 percent)
· Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and extractive (7.4 percent)
· Construction (7.4 percent)
· Finance, insurance, and real estate, rental, and leasing (3.7 percent)
· Public administration (3.7 percent)
· Other services, except public administration (1.9 percent)
Education
Students in Needham attend Choctaw County schools; no public schools are located within the town limits.
Transportation
County Highway 18 bisects Needham running southwest-east through town, and County Highway 11 dead-ends into 18 from the north.
Events and Places of Interest
Needham sponsors a Fall Festival the third weekend in November at Broadhead Memorial Park on County Highway 18. The park features a one-mile walk on Bogueloosa Creek, a dog-trot cabin, the Wilson grist mill, and other exhibits. The festival has basket weaving demonstrations, a tour of the cabin, food and craft vendors, local singers, and a demonstration of cane-syrup making.
Additional Resources
Choctaw County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Choctaw County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2001.
Additional Resources
Choctaw County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Choctaw County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2001.
Gay, Ann H. Choctaw Names and Notes: Alabama's Choctaw County. Meridian, Miss.: Brown Printing Company, 1993.