Birmingport
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Location in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Jefferson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 34 ′ N , 87 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| GNIS ID : | 125175 | ||
Birmingport , also known as Port Birmingham , is a place in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Birmingport is located in central Alabama in the southern United States, a few kilometers east of Bankhead Lake and directly on its tributary Locust Fork . Birmingport is about 50 kilometers south of the 733 square kilometers William B. Bankhead National Forest .
Nearby locations include Sylcvan Springs (5 km southeast), Maytown (9 km east), Adamsville (11 km east), and Mulga (12 km east).
history
The name is made up of Birmingham and port (German: Hafen ). The place received it because it served as a fresh water connection for nearby Birmingham at the time of its foundation . In 1920, at the same time as the Port of Birmingham Company built the place , a post office was opened. In 1986, Birmingport was incorporated into the city of Birmingham, making the latter a port city . Today, because of its location on the waterway, Birmingport is of great importance for the city and region, as it forms a direct waterway into the Gulf of Mexico via the Black Warrior River , the Tombigbee River and the Mobile River .
traffic
Birmingport is just off Alabama State Route 269 , which connects to Interstate 59 to the south .
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is about 30 kilometers east of the village .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. "Birmingport is of crucial importance to our transportation network," says spokesman Ernie Glenn. "It's a very, very key facility for us." , Birmingport is best-kept secret on bizjournals.com from October 3, 1999