Ada, Alabama
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Location of Ada in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Montgomery County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 6 ′ N , 86 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 98 m | ||
| Postal code : | 25440 | ||
| Area code : | +1 334 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-00388 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 112911 | ||
Ada is a civil parish in Montgomery County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Ada is located in southeast Alabama in the southern United States.
Nearby locations include Ramer (6 km southeast), Grady (11 km southeast), Highland Home (13 km south), and Letohatchee (16 km west). The next larger city with 205,000 inhabitants is the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, about 20 kilometers to the north .
history
A post office was opened in the area in 1881, but it was abandoned in 1922. The place is named after the wife of the post office manager.
traffic
Ada is on US Highway 331 , which runs from Florida in the south to Montgomery. South of the city branches, the Alabama State Route 94 from after 31 kilometers in Orion in the US Highway 231 leads.
There are regional flight connections to Dallas , Atlanta and Charlotte via the Montgomery Regional Airport south of Montgomery .