Fairfield, Alabama

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Fairfield
Jefferson County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fairfield Highlighted.svg
Location in county and state
Basic data
Foundation : 1910
State : United States
State : Alabama
County : Jefferson County
Coordinates : 33 ° 29 ′  N , 86 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 29 ′  N , 86 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 11,696 (as of 2005)
Population density : 1,271.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.2 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 9.2 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 171 m
Postal code : 35064
Area code : +1 205
FIPS : 01-25120
GNIS ID : 0118113

Fairfield is a city in west Jefferson County in Alabama , USA . The place is southeast of Pleasant Grove, Alabama . The total area of ​​the place is 9.1 km². The United States Census 2010 counted 11,117 residents.

history

The city was founded in 1910 and was originally named after a board member of the US Steel Corey . The name was later changed to Fairfield , after Fairfield, Connecticut , the city where the President of US Steel lived. The town was planned as a planned town by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company to house workers from their new factory, now owned by US Steel.

Demographics

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1920 5003 -
1930 11,059 121%
1940 11,703 5.8%
1950 13,177 12.6%
1960 15,816 20%
1970 14,369 -9.1%
1980 13,242 -7.8%
1990 12,200 -7.9%
2000 12,381 1.5%
2010 11,117 -10.2%
2012 estimate 11,029 -0.8%
US Decennial Census
2012 Estimate

At the 2000 census, Fairfield had 12,381 residents, distributed among 4,600 households and 3,141 families. The population density was thus 1354.2 inhabitants / km². 90.23% of the population were African American and 8.9% were white. Children under the age of 18 lived in 34% of households. The median income per household was $ 27,845, with 21.5% of the population living below the poverty line .

education

Fairfield has its own school system independent of Jefferson County. It includes three elementary schools, Forest Hills Middle School , Fairfield High Preparatory School, and an alternative school spanning all grades. Miles College is also in town, a historic African American college run by the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and founded in 1898.

Industry and commerce

Main entrance to US Steel Fairfield Works

Although the US steel industry went through a period of depression in the last half of the 20th century , US Steel's Fairfield Mills continued to be the largest employer, though not as much as it was in the 1950s. Advances in the steel industry made it possible to produce roughly the same amount of goods with far fewer workers than in the 1950s. Some of the plants have closed over the years, but much of the complex has been reopened by smaller firms, some of which are in the steel industry. Fairfield is crossed by I-20 and I-59 . Three rail lines service the region: the CSX Transportation (formerly Louisville and Nashville Railroad ), the Norfolk Southern Railway (formerly Southern Railway ) and the short Birmingham Terminal Railway , which is headquartered in Fairfield. There are a few small shops in downtown Fairfield, mostly service providers. Other retail stores can be found on Aronov Drive, northwest of the Western Hills Mall, although these strip malls are no longer doing so much due to the closings of Kmart , Winn-Dixie and Sears stores.

Famous pepole

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States Census Bureau : Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 . Retrieved August 10, 2013.