Hokes bluff
| Hokes bluff | |
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 Located in Etowah County and Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1946 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Etowah County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 0 ′ N , 85 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
4,277 (as of 2016) 102,564 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 138.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 31.32 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 30.89 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 179 m |
| Postal code : | 35903 |
| Area code : | +1 256 |
| FIPS : | 01-35392 |
| GNIS ID : | 0155100 |
| Website : | www.cityofhokesbluff.com |
| Mayor : | Scott Reeves |
Hokes Bluff is a city in Etowah County in northeast Alabama . It is east of the county seat of Gadsden and is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city is located at an observation point on the south bank of the Coosa River and, according to the US census from 2016, has 4277 inhabitants.
geography
As an Incorporated City , Hokes Bluff is part of the collection of cities that together make up the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area - the more densely populated part of Etowah County in the southern center of the county territory. While Gadsden and Attalla form the northern part of the compression zone along the Coosa River, the cities of Southside , Glencoe and the eastern endpoint Hokes Bluff are on the south bank of the river. Geographically, the region is shaped by the transition from the Cumberland Plateau in the north to the somewhat more level Piedmont Plateau south of it. The most important supraregional traffic connection is the US-278 highway , which runs through the city in an east-west direction. The nearest airport is Northeast Alabama Regional Airport , southwest of Gadsden, about 16 miles away .
history
The first European to explore the region was Hernando de Soto . His expedition from Florida to the Mississippi Delta from 1538 passed through the upper valley of the Coosa River. In the 18th and 19th centuries , the terrain of the later settlement of Hokes Bluff - as was the entire eastern part of what is now Etowah County - was a tribal area of the Cherokee . Originally located in Georgia , South and North Carolina , parts of the tribe had moved to the northeastern part of what is now Alabama. The boundary between the Cherokee tribal areas and the Creek south of them ran roughly along what is now Highway 278 . The area was released for settlement at the end of the 1830s - after the Cherokee who lived there were forced to resettle on a reservation in Indian territory . The settlement was named after Daniel Hoke - an early settler who originally lived with his family in Lincoln County in North Carolina and who had settled in the region (then still part of Cherokee County ) in 1836 .
During the US Civil War , the residents of the small patch tried to stay away from the clashes as much as possible. In the course of the war, Hokes Bluff was looted several times by participants on both sides - including by irregular associations based in northwestern Alabama. Local history was made by the local resident John Henry Wisdom, who took a ride to Rome , Georgia on May 2 and 3, 1863 to warn the Confederates stationed there against attacks by Union units under Colonel Abel Streight. In the following decades the area remained remote farmland ; At the beginning of the century, the connections consisted more of makeshift roads than of developed roads .
Regardless of the barren conditions, the place had expanded significantly by the turn of the 20th century . The existing schools were merged in 1937 to form Hokes Bluff High School. Since 1880 the place was connected to the postal network; however, mail was still delivered by steamship into the 20th century . The US Post Office , founded in 1877, was completed in 1932. In 1946, Hokes achieved Bluff City status; the population at that time was just under 1200 people. The installation of the city water supply system took place in 1949, the supply of city gas from 1953. The town hall was built in 1971, a building complex to house the city police and volunteer fire brigade in 1986.
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1950 | 1158 | - | |
| 1960 | 1619 | 39.8% | |
| 1970 | 2133 | 31.7% | |
| 1980 | 3216 | 50.8% | |
| 1990 | 3133 | -2.6% | |
| 2000 | 4072 | 30% | |
| 2010 | 4286 | 5.3% | |
According to the 2016 Population Composition Survey, Hokes Bluff had 4,299 residents. 2,041 of them were male , 2,258 were female . There were 3,551 residents older than 18, 748 children or young people ; 786 residents of the city stated to be older than 65 years. The median age was 40.0 years. 4,223 of the respondents described themselves as white (98.2%), 51 (1.2%) answered this question with the indefinite statement “Some other race”. Regardless of the question about the census declaration Race , 74 residents (1.7%) indicated the additional designation Hispanic , 25 residents (0.6%) described themselves as belonging to two or more races.
Economy, education and culture
According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama web portal from 2011, the main employment areas within the city are as follows:
- Social services , education and health (37.9 percent)
- Production - 11.8 percent
- Retail - 11.3 percent
- Administration and management - 9.4 percent
- Public administration - 7.1 percent
- Transport, traffic and warehousing logistics - 5.6 percent
- Construction - 4.7 percent
- Financial services , insurance and real estate management - 4.0 percent
- Other services - 3.8 percent
- Wholesale - 3.1 percent
- Gastronomy and tourism - 1.2 percent
The schools at Hokes Bluff are part of the Etowah County School System. There are currently present in the city: an elementary school , a middle school and a high school . According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama , these were attended by 1,325 high school students in 2011; the number of teaching staff was 84. Higher education institutions include Gadsden State Community College, eight miles away, and Jacksonville State University, 15 miles away .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of Etowah County, Alabama . Overview map and information on statisticalatlas.com, accessed on January 1, 2018 (Engl.)
- ↑ a b c Hokes Bluff . James B. Kaetz, Encyclopedia of Alabama, November 6, 2011
- ↑ a b The Story of Hokes Bluff, Alabama and Surrounding Areas . Jill Boatwright, Edition of Hokes Bluff High School, Hokes Bluff 1999/2012, accessed January 1, 2018 (PDF)
- ↑ a b c A short history of the Hokes Bluff community . Gadsden Messenger, October 5, 2012
- ↑ population of Hokes Bluff, AL . population.us, accessed January 1, 2018 (Engl.)
- ↑ Hokes Bluff city, Alabama , ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates 2016, American Fact Finder, accessed January 1, 2018.
Web links
- Hokes bluff . Entry on Hokes Bluff in the Encyclopedia of Alabama (Engl.)