Calera, Alabama
| Calera | |
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 Location in Shelby County and Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1887 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| Counties : |
Shelby County Chilton County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 6 ′ N , 86 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 12,756 (as of 2013) |
| Population density : | 204.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 63.1 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 62.4 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 183 m |
| Postal code : | 35040 |
| Area code : | +1 205 |
| FIPS : | 01-11416 |
| GNIS ID : | 2403965 |
| Website : | www.cityofcalera.org |
Calera is a city in Shelby County and partly in Chilton County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Calera is located in central Alabama in the southern United States. It is located about 13 kilometers west of the Coosa River , which later merges into the Alabama River and in the south the state flows as the Mobile River into the Mobile Bay and Gulf of Mexico .
Nearby places include Alabaster (immediately to the north), Columbiana (4 km east), Montevallo (5 km west), Shelby (7 km east) and Wilton (8 km west). The next larger city is Birmingham, about 27 kilometers to the north, with a population of 212,000 .
history
John R. Gambel, who settled here around 1814, gave the place this name, which comes from Spanish and means something like lime kiln . Before that, the area was called Buxahatchie , which is probably another variant of Buxihatchee from the Muskogee language and is made up of pakacha (German: commander , leader ) and hachi (German: Bach ).
When a railroad line of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad was built through the town in 1854 , the station was initially named Lime Station . Other names at the time were Limeville , Lime Kilns or Lime City ; This name can be traced back to the lime production , which after the war against the Indian tribes caused an economic upswing.
With the establishment of the post office in 1869, the place got its current name. In 1887 Calera was incorporated. At this time the first school was opened and several hotels were in operation, the population was around 200. The city experienced a boom in the late 20th century, when many businesses and families moved here from nearby Birmingham.
traffic
Interstate 65 runs from north to south of the city and runs 1436 kilometers from Alabama to Indiana . US Highway 31 runs parallel to this . Alabama State Route 70 also begins in the north of the city and Alabama State Route 25 runs in the south . To the north there is access to Interstate 20 and Interstate 59 .
In the north of the city is the Shelby County Airport .
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 3,158, divided into 1,248 households and 888 families. The population density was 95 people per square kilometer. 77.4% of the population were white, 19.9% black, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific islander . 0.7% were of a different ethnicity , 1.2% had two or more ethnicities, and 1.9% were Hispanics or Latin Americans of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were 100 men. The median age was 34 years and the per capita income was 16,395 US dollars, which was 12.5% of the population below the poverty line.
By the 2010 census , the population had increased 268% to 11,620, making it the strongest and fastest growing city in Alabama. In 2013 it was estimated at 12,756.
Web links
- Official website (English).
- Statistical data on Calera (Engl.)
- Calera in the Encyclopedia of Alabama (Engl.)
supporting documents
- ^ A b Annual Estimates of the Resident Population , United States Census Bureau , accessed April 19, 2015
- ↑ Place Names in Alabama , University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 27 ( on Google Books )