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Wetumpka (US: / w ɪ ˈ t ʌ m k ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States.At the 2020 census, the population was 7,220. [2] In the early 21st century, Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. [3]
The first school in Wetumka was the Levering Manual Labor Mission School, which opened on September 1, 1881. It was operated by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, partly funded by the Creek Nation and educated Creek children. The town had a public school system by 1902 The Wes Watkins Technology Center is located in ...
In 1914, American Water Works and Guarantee Company became American Water Works and Electric Company. [6] In 1947 it was reorganized as American Water Works Company, Inc. [ 7 ] Since December 2018, the company has its headquarters in Camden, New Jersey , [ 8 ] and has about 6,500 professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and related ...
The East Wetumpka Commercial Historic District, in Wetumpka, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The listing included 25 contributing buildings and 10 non-contributing ones on 6 acres (2.4 ha). [1] [2] The district includes most of the central business district of Wetumpka. [2]
A post office called Wetumpka was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1918. [2] Wetumpka is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "tumbling water". [ 3 ]
The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia.The river is about 280 miles (450 km) long. [1]The Coosa River begins at the confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowah rivers in Rome, Georgia, and ends just northeast of the Alabama state capital, Montgomery, where it joins the Tallapoosa River to form the Alabama River just south of Wetumpka.
The Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) is a publicly owned, municipal water utility with its headquarters in Water Works Park. It was founded 1871 southwest of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, along the Raccoon River and provides water to half a million residents of the greater Des Moines metropolitan area. As of 2017, it has three treatment facilities.
The Wetumpka impact crater is the only confirmed impact crater in Alabama, United States.It is located east of downtown Wetumpka in Elmore County.The crater is 4.7 miles (7.6 km) in diameter, and its age is estimated to be about 85 million years (late Cretaceous), [1] based on fossils found in the youngest disturbed deposits, which belong to the Mooreville Chalk Formation.