Phenix City

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Russel County Courthouse in Phenix City

Phenix City
Location of Phenix City in Alabama
Basic data
Foundation :	February 23, 1883
State :	United States
State :	Alabama
Counties :	Russell County Lee County
Coordinates :	32 ° 28 ′  N , 85 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 32 ° 28 ′  N , 85 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	30,067 (as of: 2006)
Population density :	472 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	64.1 km 2  (approx. 25 mi 2 ) of which 63.7 km 2  (approx. 25 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	74 m
Postcodes :	36867-36869
Area code :	+1 334
FIPS :	01-59472
GNIS ID :	0155193
Website :	www.phenixcityal.us
Mayor :	Sonny Coulter

Phenix City is an American city ​​in Russell County , Alabama . Parts of the city extend into Lee County . In Phenix City is the seat of the county administration ( County Seat ) of the Russell Countys and has about 30,067 inhabitants (as of 2006) on an area of ​​64.1 km².

history

The final battle of the American Civil War took place in Phenix City, then known as Girard .

For a few decades until the 1950s, Phenix City was also known as a gambling place with a lot of illegal crime. Lawyer Albert L. Patterson , who campaigned against crime and was elected Attorney General of Alabama, was shot dead outside his Phenix City office in the summer of 1954. As a result, his son John Malcolm Patterson took over the position of Attorney General and the Martial Law was imposed on Phenix City to clean up the crime. The events were processed as the 1955 Hollywood film A City Goes Through Hell .

sons and daughters of the town

• Harvey Glance (* 1957), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
• Nancy Johnson (* 1974), marksman

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Last Real City of the Civil War , accessed January 5, 2012