Ashland, Alabama
| Ashland | |
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 1st Street, Ashland |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1867 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Clay County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 16 ′ N , 85 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,037 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 108.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 18.8 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 18.7 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 341 m |
| Postal code : | 36251 |
| Area code : | +1 256 |
| FIPS : | 01-02860 |
| GNIS ID : | 0159091 |
| Website : | www.cityofashland.net |
| Mayor : | Larry J. Fetnor |
 Clay County Courthouse |
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Ashland is a town and seat of the county administration in Clay County in the US state of Alabama , USA , with almost 2000 inhabitants. The geographical coordinates are: 33.27 ° North, 85.84 ° West. The city area is 18.8 km².
Sights on the National Register of Historic Places include the Clay County Courthouse and Hugo Black House (as of July 11, 2019).
geography
Ashland is located in eastern Alabama in the southern United States. It is about a millimeter east of the 1,600 square kilometer Talladega National Forest and about eight miles west of the Tallapoosa River .
Nearby places include Lineville (1 km east), Goldville (17 km south), Waldo (19 km northwest) and Wedowee (27 km east). The next larger city with 212,000 inhabitants is about 75 kilometers northwest of Birmingham .
history
A year after Clay County's founding in 1866, Ashland was designated as the county seat and the land for the courthouse was donated by Hollingsworth Watts. The city has experienced rapid growth since its inception, reinforced by the opening of graphite mines in 1899. With the end of the Second World War , the demand decreased rapidly, so that the growth phase of the city came to a quick end.
The Great Depression of the 1930s and the increased occurrence of the cotton boll beetle destroyed the local cotton industry. The timber industry and poultry farming became the new main industries of the city.
traffic
The Alabama State Route 9 and Alabama State Route 77 pass through the town. They have connections to US Highway 431 in the east and US Highway 78 in the north. This is also where Interstate 20 runs , which runs 2,470 kilometers from Texas to South Carolina .
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 1965, divided into 854 households and 519 families. The population density was 105 people per square kilometer. 73.74% of the population were white, 25.29% black and 0.1% Asian. 0.2% were of a different ethnicity , 0.66% had two or more ethnicities, and 2.7% were Hispanic or Latin American of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were 82 men. The median age was 41 years and the per capita income was 13,927 US dollars, which was 19.9% of the population below the poverty line.
By the 2010 census , the population had risen to 2037.
Personalities
- Hugo Black (1886–1971), Senator
- Bob Riley (born 1944), governor
Web links
- Official website (English).
- Statistical data on Ashland (Engl.)
Individual evidence
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 11, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 11, 2019.