Carbon Hill, Alabama
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 Location in County and Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1886 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Walker County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 53 ′ N , 87 ° 31 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,021 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 141.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 14.4 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 14.3 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 146 m |
| Postal code : | 35549 |
| Area code : | +1 205 |
| FIPS : | 01-155010 |
| GNIS ID : | 012016 |
Carbon Hill is a city in Walker County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Carbon Hill is located in northwest Alabama in the southern United States. It is located seven miles southwest of the 733 square km William B. Bankhead National Forest .
Nearby locations include Kansas (immediately to the west), Nauvoo (7 km north), Eldridge (7 km west), Glen Allen (10 km west), Jasper (17 km east), and Winfield (19 km west). The next larger city with 212,000 inhabitants is about 63 kilometers southeast of Birmingham .
history
The area was settled as early as 1820, but Carbon Hill was not founded until 1886, the reason for this was the railway line leading through the later town and the local coal deposits. A post office was opened in 1887 and the first Methodist church was built in 1888 . The early development of the place goes back to the company Galloway Coal Company , which acquired mines in the city in 1890 and attracted further companies due to the increasing economic success. In 1891 there was an uprising among workers because their jobs were about to be dropped and they feared they would lose them to people of color. In the course of the uprising, colored residents of the city were expelled and some were killed. As early as 1900 the population was over 1600.
In 1917, the city was hit by an EF3 tornado that destroyed over 200 houses and killed six people. Carbon Hill was also badly hit by the Great Depression , which resulted in three-quarters of jobs being lost. Another similarly strong tornado destroyed large parts of the city in 2002.
Churches
Today the city is known for its large number of Christian church buildings. In 2011 there were about 30 churches within the city. Some of them attracted national attention when they were destroyed or damaged by a tornado in 2002, while other churches served as emergency shelters during this time.
traffic
Carbon Hill is crossed by Alabama State Route 118 in the city center , and in the northeast by a shared route between Interstate 22 and US Highway 78 and Alabama State Route 4 . US Highway 43 runs 23 kilometers to the west .
Walker County Airport is 16 kilometers to the east .
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 2071, divided between 880 households and 579 families. The population density was 145 people per square kilometer. 89.4% of the population were white, 8.7% black and 0.1% Indian. 0.3% were of a different ethnicity , 1.5% had two or more ethnicities, and 1.0% were Hispanics or Latin Americans of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were about 82 men. The median age was 41 and the per capita income was $ 12,100, which means 24% of the population lived below the poverty line.
By the 2010 census , the population had dropped to 2021.
