Bryant, Alabama
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 Post Office in Bryant (2016) |
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| Location in Alabama | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 57 ′ N , 85 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,582 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 71.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 49.98 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 49.98 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 497 m | ||
| Postal code : | 35958 | ||
| Area code : | +1 256 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-10336 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0115080 | ||
Bryant is a civil parish in Jackson County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Bryant is located in northeast Alabama in the southern United States, about three miles south of the Tennessee border and two miles west of the Georgia border . The Tennessee River runs five kilometers to the west .
Nearby locations include New Hope (5 km north), Bridgeport (6 km west), South Pittsburg (8 km northwest), Kimball (10 km north), and Trenton (12 km southeast). The next larger city with 168,000 inhabitants is Chattanooga, about 20 kilometers to the northeast .
history
The place was named after WH Bryant, a wealthy early settler. A post office was opened in 1891; this no longer exists in the present.
traffic
The place is immediately on Alabama State Route 73 , which merges further north into Tennessee State Route 377 . Interstate 24 and Interstate 59 intersect about 16 kilometers east, and US Highway 72 runs 11 kilometers west .
Marion County Airport is 13 kilometers north , Bridgeport Municipal Airport 16 kilometers southwest and Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport is 39 kilometers northeast .
Demographics
The 2010 census showed a population of 3582, the population density was 72 people per square kilometer. 95.6% of the population were white, 1.5% Native American and 0.3% black. 1.9% had two or more races , 1.3% were Hispanic or Latin American of any ethnicity. The per capita income was $ 20,113, which is 13.7% of the population below the poverty line.
supporting documents
- ↑ Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama . University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 24.