Woodstock, Alabama
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 Location in Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1826 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| Counties : |
Bibb County Tuscaloosa County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 12 ′ N , 87 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,428 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 195.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 7.3 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 169 m |
| Postal code : | 35188 |
| Area code : | +1 205 |
| FIPS : | 01-83640 |
| GNIS ID : | 129218 |
| Website : | www.woodstockalabama.com |
| Mayor : | Rickey Kornegay |
 Shops in Woodstock |
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Woodstock is a place in Bibb County and Tuscaloosa County , Alabama , United States . The place was called North Bibb until September 30, 2000 , but was then renamed Woodstock. Woodstock has an area of 7.3 km 2 .
history
The settlement of Woodstock began in 1826 with the allotment of land to William Houston in the area. In 1851 the first school was built with money from the local Masonic Lodge . In 1870 the city was connected to the railroad network through the Alabama Great Southern Railroad , two years later a line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad followed , both companies had their own depots .
Thanks to the two railway lines, North Bibb became a transshipment point for iron ore and coal , which were mined in West Blocton and transported to the smelting furnaces in Birmingham . There were also rich deposits of clay , which encouraged the construction of a pottery , in which jugs , pots and bricks were made. The city reached its peak between 1909 and 1929, before the Great Depression caused the economy to decline.
Demographics
At the 2000 census, North Bibb had 986 residents, spread across 355 households and 290 families. The population density was 55.1 inhabitants / km 2 . 98.38% of the population were white. Children under the age of 18 lived in 42.5% of households. The median income for a household was $ 42,727, with 11.9% of the population living below the poverty line .
Others
In the podcast S-Town ( euphemism for Shit Town) by journalist Brian Reed, the life of a Woodstock resident is traced.
literature
- Claire M. Wilson: Woodstock . In: Encyclopedia of Alabama . 2012.
- Bibb County Heritage Book Committee: The Heritage of Bibb County, Alabama. Heritage Publishing Consultants, Clanton, Alabama 1998.
source
- US-Census Bureau (English)