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0160702. Website. www.cityofsylacauga.net. Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578. [2] Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. [3] This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been quarried ever since. The marble industry was the ...
Sylacauga marble occurs mainly in Alabama's Talladega County. It runs in a swath 32 miles (51 km) in length, from the Coosa River to just south of the city of Talladega . The deposit is up to 600 feet (180 m) in depth and is focused on the city of Sylacauga , for which it is named.
Sylacauga High School (9-12) Governance. The school system is governed by a five-member board of education, whose members are appointed by the City Council of Sylacauga for staggered five-year terms. Amy Price (President), Janean Crawford (Vice-President), Dr. Rekha Chadalawada, Melissa Garris, and Dr. Steven Marlowe serve staggered 5-year ...
Alabama is divided into 67 counties and contains 461 municipalities consisting of 174 cities and 287 towns. [3] These cities and towns cover only 9.6% of the state's land mass but are home to 60.4% of its population. [2] The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population.
FIPS code. 01-55752. GNIS feature ID. 0124059. Website. www.townofoakgrove.org. Oak Grove is a town in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1966. [2] At the 2020 census, the population was 564.
WSGN (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. [ 3 ] Licensed to Stewartville, Alabama, United States, it serves East Central Alabama. The station is owned and operated by Marble City Media LLC. Originally licensed in Sylacauga, WSGN first signed on as WMLS-FM in December 1959 and moved to Ashland in 2004.
The area is also included in the Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, Alabama Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the μSA had a population of 93,830. In 2013, the United States Office of Management and Budget added Coosa County to the micropolitan statistical area; it was previously part of the now-defunct Alexander City micropolitan area.
The Avondale Mills were a system of textile mills located predominantly in Alabama, but also in Georgia and South Carolina, with headquarters in Birmingham, and later in Sylacauga, Alabama. The Birmingham neighborhood of Avondale was chosen to be the site of the first mill, hence the naming of the company. Founded in 1897, the mills employed ...