Adger, Alabama
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Location of Adger, Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Jefferson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 23 ′ N , 87 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,109 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Height : | 144 m | ||
| Postal code : | 35006 | ||
| Area code : | +1 205 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-00508 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1921723 | ||
Adger is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Adger is located in central Alabama in the southern United States.
Nearby places include Hueytown (2 km northeast), Bessemer (3 km east), McCalla (6 km southeast), Lake View (7 km south) and Concord (7 km northeast). The next larger city with 212,000 inhabitants is about 15 kilometers northeast of Birmingham .
history
Adger originated in the 1880s and is named after Andrew M. Adger, who first moved to Bessemer from South Carolina and operated mines in the area. Since the closure of these mines, the place has seen ups and downs.
traffic
Adger is about 5 kilometers northwest of Interstate 20 , which runs from Texas over 2,470 kilometers to South Carolina, and Interstate 59 , which is sometimes on the same route and leads from Louisiana to Georgia . Equidistant from the town is an intersection where Interstate 459 begins, which serves as the Birmingham bypass and joins Interstate 59 behind the town. Alabama State Route 5 runs parallel to the route of Interstate 20 .
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is located around 33 kilometers east of the town and handles nearly 2.9 million passengers annually in over 100,000 flight movements.
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 3,109. The average age was 37.5 years. 92.3% of the population were white, 6.4% black, 0.4% Latin American, 0.9% belonged to another ethnicity .