Southside, Alabama
| Southside | |
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 Located in counties and in Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1957 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Etowah County, Calhoun County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 54 ′ N , 86 ° 2 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
8,563 (as of 2016) 102,564 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 174.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 49.60 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 49.17 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 189 m |
| Postal code : | 35907 |
| Area code : | +1 256 |
| FIPS : | 01-71832 |
| GNIS ID : | 0127146 |
| Website : | www.cityofsouthside.com |
| Mayor : | Wally Burns |
Southside is a city in Etowah and Calhoun Counties in northeast Alabama . The urban area, which - apart from two small outskirts - is almost entirely in Etowah County, is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistic Area . With just under 8,600 residents in 2016, Southside is one of the fastest growing cities in Alabama.
geography
As an Incorporated City , Southside is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area - the county's most densely populated heart area in its southern center. Within this area, the urban area of Southside forms the southern tip. Southside is on the south bank of the Coosa River . Neighboring cities are clockwise: Rainbow City and the county seat of Gadsden on the north side of the river and Glencoe east of Southside on the south. The central national traffic connection is the Alabama State Route 77, which leads in a north-south direction through the city to Gadsden. The nearest airport is Northeast Alabama Regional Airport , southwest of Gadsden, approximately five miles away .
history
In the 18th and 19th centuries , the area of today's city belonged to the tribal area of the Creek , whose border with that of the neighboring Cherokee ran not far north of the Coosa River. The forced relocation of the Creek and Cherokee to Indian Territory in the 1830s opened up the central and eastern part of Etowah County for settlement. In 1850, the village merged with the surrounding patches of Green Valley, Cedar Bend and Pilgrims Rest - with the name Southside being retained for the new town.
The town of Southside was initially a small, rural community whose main source of income was agriculture . However, manufacturing and industrial operations - including a flour mill and a cotton mill - set up relatively early in the southern district of Green Valley, which is remote from the river . In the first half of the 20th century, several ferries carried goods and people across the Coosa River to Gadsden. In 1931 the city received electrical street lighting and in 1957 its own water supply . In the same year, Southside established itself as an independent community with city status. Another important infrastructure improvement was the commissioning of the 250-meter-spanning, concrete-pillar-supported Southside Bridge over the Coosa River.
In the second half of the 20th century, the city grew from fewer than 450 inhabitants (1960) to almost 8,400 (2010). Due to the enormous growth in population that is associated with the city status, Southside is one of the fastest growing communities in Alabama. An important factor for this ascent was the school system , which developed from small beginnings but has since been well developed . In 1923 the Southside School became part of the Etowah School System. In 1944 a fire destroyed the old school building ; In 1948 a new one was completed. Southside is now home to the largest school in Etowah County: Southside High School, which opened in January 2007, began operations with 741 students enrolled.
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1960 | 436 | - | |
| 1970 | 983 | 125.5% | |
| 1980 | 5141 | 423% | |
| 1990 | 5465 | 6.3% | |
| 2000 | 7014 | 28.3% | |
| 2010 | 8412 | 19.9% | |
According to the 2016 Population Composition Survey, Southside had a population of 8,563. 4,089 of them were male , 4,474 female . 6,849 residents were older than 18 years, 1,714 residents were children or young people , 1,401 residents were older than 65 years. The median age was 43.4 years. 8,126 of the respondents described themselves as white (94.9%), 192 as African American (2.2%), 178 as Asian (2.1%). 51 (0.6%) answered the question about skin color with “Some other race”. Regardless of the question about the census declaration Race , 118 residents (1.4%) gave the additional designation Hispanic .
According to data from statistalatlas.com , the median income per household in 2015 was 69,883 US dollars (USD). With this value, Southside not only exceeded the county (38,000 USD), the extended region (Gadsden Area: 38,000 USD) and the county metropolis of Gadsden (27,800 USD). The calculated value is also above the calculated US average of $ 53,000.
Economy and education
As in all of the county and surrounding cities, Southside is home to care, health services, and education as its primary employment sector. According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama web portal , the individual sectors in 2011 were structured as follows:
- Social services , education and health - 26.0 percent
- Production - 19.3 percent
- Administration and management - 8.6 percent
- Retail - 8.3 percent
- Other services - 7.2 percent
- Public administration - 7.1 percent
- Financial services , insurance, and real estate management - 6.2 percent
- Transport, traffic and warehousing logistics - 4.8 percent
- Construction - 4.0 percent
- Gastronomy and tourism - 3.9 percent
- Wholesale - 2.5 percent
- Information technology - 2.0 percent
The schools in Southside are run by the Etowah County School System. The city currently has an elementary school and a high school . According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama website , these visited 1,325 students in 2011; the number of employed teachers amounted to 70. In 27 kilometers from the city distant Jacksonville is the Jacksonville State University .
Others
In 2011, Southside was directly in the danger zone of Super Outbreak 2011 . The hurricane, classified as a monster tornado , only just passed the city and caused severe damage in the area of Willow Point, just a few kilometers south of the city.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of Etowah County, Alabama . Overview of Etowah County at statisticalatlas.com, accessed January 2, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e f Southside . James P. Kaetz, Encyclopedia of Alabama, Nov. 30, 2011
- ^ A b The History of Southside . cityofsouthside.com, accessed January 2, 2018
- ^ Population of Southside, AL . population.us, accessed on January 2, 2018 (Engl.)
- ^ Southside city, Alabama . ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates 2016, American FactFinder, accessed January 2, 2018.
- ^ Household Income in Etowah County, Alabama . Household income overview on statisticalatlas.com, accessed January 2, 2018
- ↑ Barn built from trees downed by tornado . Lisa Rodgers Savage, Gadsden Times, April 26, 2014
Web links
- Southside . Entry on Southside in the Encyclopedia of Alabama (Engl.)
- City of Southside . Official website of the city