Bynum, Alabama

Bynum
Bynum Location in Alabama
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	Alabama
County :	Calhoun County
Coordinates :	33 ° 36 ′  N , 85 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 36 ′  N , 85 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	1,863 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	219.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	8.5 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.5 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	182 m
Postal code :	36253
Area code :	+1 256
FIPS :	01-11128
GNIS ID :	0159290

Bynum is a former census-designated place in Calhoun County in the state of Alabama in the United States and is now part of the city of Oxford .

geography

Bynum is located in northeast Alabama in the southern United States. Since the incorporation it forms the western part of Oxford . Bynum is located approximately 20 kilometers west of the 1,389 square kilometer Talladega National Forest .

history

Bynum was named after a family who settled here in the 1840s. A post office was opened in 1884. Bynum has been part of the city of Oxford since 1970.

traffic

US Highway 78 and Alabama State Route 4 run centrally through Bynum on the same route , and Interstate 20 also runs south of the local area .

Talladega Municipal Airport is 4 kilometers southwest , and Anniston Regional Airport is 5 kilometers east .

Demographics

The 2000 census showed a population of 1863, divided between 734 households and 546 families. The population density was 218 people per square kilometer. 87% of the population were white, 10% black, 0.7% Indian and 0.2% Asian. 0.5% were of a different ethnicity , 1.7% had two or more races, 1.4% were Hispanics or Latin Americans of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were 95 men. The median age was 37 years and the per capita income was $ 17,194, which means 10.5% of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Place Names in Alabama , University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 26 ( on Google Books )