Alma, Alabama
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Location of Alma, Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Clarke County | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 28 ′ N , 87 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 79 m | ||
| Postal code : | 36501 | ||
| Area code : | +1 251 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-01444 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 155989 | ||
Alma is an unincorporated community in Clarke County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Alma is located in southwest Alabama in the southern United States. About 35 kilometers south of the village, the Majors Creek flows into the Tombigbee River , which eventually flows into Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico as the Mobile River and Tensaw River .
Nearby locations include Jackson (9 km west), Wagarville (13 km west), Uriah (23 km southeast), and Frisco City (25 km east). The next larger city, with 195,000 inhabitants, is Mobile, about 80 kilometers to the south .
history
The place was named after the teacher Alma Flinn .
traffic
Alma is about 14 kilometers southeast of US Highway 43 and 16 kilometers southwest of US Highway 84 . Interstate 65 , which runs from southern Alabama over 1,440 kilometers to Indiana, runs 47 kilometers southeast of the town .
Individual evidence
- ^ Profile for Alma, Alabama, AL , accessed April 2, 2015