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Alexander City, known to locals as "Alex City", is the largest city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, with a population of 14,843 as of the 2020 census. It has been the largest community in Tallapoosa County since 1910.
The Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan statistical area that consisted of one county in Alabama, anchored by the city of Alexander City, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. The current area is the second incarnation, with the original area consisting of Tallapoosa County and Coosa County.
The name Tallapoosa is of Creek origin; many Creek villages were located along the banks of the lower river before Indian Removal in the 19th century. Tallapoosa County, Alabama is named after the Tallapoosa River, which may mean "pulverized rock" in the Choctaw language.
The statistical area included the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical area and the former Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area, composed of Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 400,205 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 417,965). [ 4 ]
The South Central Historic District in Alexander City, Alabama is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]It consists of an area of about 200 acres (0.81 km 2) with 137 contributing buildings, [2] just south of Alexander City's downtown core. [3]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The Alexander City schools were affected historically by desegregation efforts within Alabama. By the fall of 1970, the 31% minority student total of the public school system was distributed within the then-existing schools as follows: [3] Jim Pearson Elementary (Grades 1-2) total enrollment of 704 numbered 235 black and 469 other students.
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