Alberta, Alabama
| Alberta | |||
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 Abandoned Post Office in Alberta, Alabama |
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| Location of Alberta in Alabama | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Wilcox County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 14 ′ N , 87 ° 25 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 784 (as of 2010) | ||
| Height : | 54 m | ||
| Postal code : | 36720 | ||
| Area code : | +1 334 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-00916 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 154963 | ||
Alberta is a civil parish in Wilcox County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Alberta is located in central Alabama in the southern United States.
Nearby places include Catherine (7 km southwest), Safford (5 km northeast), Orrville (13 km northeast) and Thomaston (15 km west). The next larger city is Montgomery, about 100 kilometers to the east, with 205,000 inhabitants .
traffic
Alberta is on Alabama State Route 5 , which runs from Thomasville to Natural Bridge . It also connects to US Highway 43 in the southwest and US Highway 80 in the northeast.
Personalities
- Marie Foster (1917–2003), well-known activist of the human rights movements in the 1960s
- Joseph Smitherman (1929–2005), politician and Lord Mayor of Selma for 35 years
Web links
- Statistical data Alberta (Engl.)