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E T O W A H C O U N T Y & Gadsden, Alabama in t h e a p p a l a c h i a n...... |
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GADSDEN-ETOWAH COUNTY FACTS AND FIGURES AREA Gadsden, 37 square miles: Etowah County, 555 square miles.
BANKING, FINANCE Eight banks, 21 branches, three credit unions, 6 branches; and one savings and loan association.
CHURCHES Over 200 houses of worship representing most denominations: Over 150 Protestant; 1 Catholic: 1 AME; 1 Synagogue.
CLIMATE Four distinct seasons, with mild winters, warm summers. Annual mean temperature 61.7. mean winter, 44.4. mean summer, 78.9, annual average rainfall. 54.95 inches, annual average snowfall. 1 inch, altitude above sea level, 621 feet, length of growing season, 216 days.
COMMUNICATIONS Newspaper: The Gadsden limes, mornings and Sundays, circulation 32.000+. The Messenger, weekly newspaper. Birmingham dailies. Radio Stations: WAAX-AM. WGAD-AM. WJBY-AM (gospel). WMGJ-AM (Urban) WSGN-FM, (FSCC Campus Station - NPR/Classic Rock). Television: WPXH (TV-44/Paxnet), WTJP (TV-60/Trinity Broadcasting Network).WCIQ (Mt. Cheaha/Alabama Public Television), other commercial stations in Birmingham, Huntsville and Atlanta. Cable Television: three companies, Telephone Service: Bellsouth: Telegraph: Western Union: Post Office: United States Post Office/ 7 stations in Etowah County.
CONVENTIONS Convention Hall has seating capacity of 1,600 with kitchen facilities capable of servicing 1,000: five separate meeting rooms: 650 parking spaces; seven other recreation buildings seat 590-1.000. Gadsden State Community College space available on request. 20 motel hotels, with approximately 866 hotel rooms.
EDUCATION Secondary: three school systems, Gadsden, Etowah and Attalla. operate 41 schools. including 10 high schools and two vocational schools. High school graduates consistently rank above average on state and national standardized tests. Post secondary: Gadsden State Community College. the largest two year post-secondary educational institution in the state, offers an array of college pre-professional and transfer curricula and a cooperative upper division program through the nearby Jacksonville State University: The University of Alabama Gadsden center. Vocational training: Local Alabama Technical College. The Tom Bevill Center for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, and Gadsden State Technical Institute, all campuses of Gadsden State Community College. Community College: The East Alabama Skills Center, A private Academy of precision Arts. emphasizing quality metal-working skills. Several private schools and academics. kindergarten through high school, offering quality education.
ELEVATION 512 feet above sea level to 1.548 feet above sea level: mean 621 feet.
GOVERNMENT Etowah county: Commission; (Chairman and six District Commissioners). Gadsden: Mayor-council (seven council members). Law enforcement: County Sheriff. Gadsden Police Department, Gadsden Fire Department: Insurance Rating Municipal Class No. 4. All Municipalities except Mountainboro have police forces.
HEALTH, HOSPITALS General Hospitals. two: 1 Substance Abuse/Psychiatric hospital: total beds for the three. 695.
HOUSEHOLDS 2002 Gadsden, 16.060: 2002 Etowah County. 41,717: median age. 38.9
INCOME - 2003 Median household EBI - $ 29,541. Per capita - $18,927.
INDUSTRIAL. PARKS Six Industrial Parks - Airport Industrial Park. 2. Gadsden Commerce Center, Heavy Industrial Park (limited to large industries) Gadsden Light Industrial Park, adjacent to the I. & N Railroad, Gadsden Industrial Complex. Attalla Industrial Park, Rainbow City Industrial Park - 2. and Southside Industrial Park-1.
LABOR FORCE - JUNE 2004 Total civilian force - 47.820. Total employment - 44,130.
LIBRARIES Four, 279.764 volumes: Attalla Public Library, 18.000; City of Gadsden, 161,455; Gadsden State Community College, 82.777; Rainbow City Public Library, 10.000.
LOCATION In Northeastern Alabama Appalachian foothills. astride Lookout Mountain and the Coosa River. midway between Weiss and Neely Henry dams, 55 miles from Birmingham. 300 miles from Chicago, IL. 920 miles from New York, NY, 680 miles from Los Angeles, CA, 423 miles from Jacksonville, FL.
MANUFACTURING More than 150 firms producing galvanized steel, large diameter pipe, coal, chemical, farm machinery. tires, tubes, tread, clothing, timing devices, voltage regulators. plastics, metals, ceramics, furniture, jigs, gauges, plumbing equipment. textiles, tools, dies, castings. metal stamping, slag. crushed limestone. custom feed mills. precision machine products, fabricated steel.
MUSEUMS Center for Cultural Art. 501 Broad Street. 543 - 2787; The Gadsden Museum of Arts. 515 Broad Street. 546-7365, houses an eclectic collection of sculpture. paintings and prints. The Historical collection contains local historical artifacts.
NATURAL RESOURCES Water, iron, ore, timber - pine and hardwood, coal, clay. manganese. limestone. building stone. shale. chert. sand.
PARKS, PLAYGROUND Twenty-two parks. 2 auto race tracks. 1 bowling alley, '_ country clubs, 15 indoor movies, I YMCA, I coliseum, I skating rink, 14 ball fields. 8 swimming pools. 34 tennis courts. 5 golf courses. 1 amateur theatre. 1 Woman's Clubhouse, 2 Boys' and Girls' Clubs and 10 recreation centers.
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS Etowah County. 103.459: Altoona. 984; Attalla. 6,592: Gadsden. 38.978: Glencoe, 5,152: Hokes Bluff, 4,149; Mountainboro, 338: Rainbow City. 8,428; Reece City, 634: Ridgeville. 158. Sardis. 1,438. Southside, 7.036: Walnut Grove. 710.
RECREATION Tennis, golf, swimming, boating, hunting, fishing, camping. hiking, roller skating, bowling. City of Gadsden and other municipalities provide public tennis courts. Several tennis and swimming clubs, as well as country clubs with swimming, tennis, and golf facilities. Four public golf courses. Fishing in the Coosa River, tributaries and many public and private lakes and ponds. All types of boating on the Coosa River and on various bodies of water in surrounding area.
RETAIL AREA TRADE (50 mile radius) Includes all Etowah and most of Calhoun, Cherokee. and Marshall; portions of Blount, Dekalb, St. Clair and Talladega.
STADIUMS Murphree Stadium, Gadsden, 11,000; Etowah Stadium. Attalla. 10,000: Amphitheather, 2,000. Other lighted stadiums at Glencoe. Hokes Bluff. Walnut Grove, Gaston, Sardis City. Southside, Rainbow City (Westbrook), and Litchfield.
TRANSPORTATION Railroads - Norfolk Southern Railways. CSX Transportation Piggy-hack or TOFC facilities. Highways - 1-59. US431, US4II. US 11. AL77, US278. 1-759. Motor Freight - Austin Transportation, Consolidated Freightways. Deaton. Inc., McCombs Freight Lines. Merchants Truck Lines, Neely Truck Line. Osborn Transportation. Averitt Express. Conway Southern. Air: International Jet. Bus - Greyhound Bus Lines. Parcel Service - LIPS, Federal Express, Purolator. Vann Express. Airborne. Emery, and RPS.
UTILITIES Electric: Alabama Power, 45.000 meters, natural gas: Alabama Gas Co., 28,000 connections.
VEHICLE REGISTRATION 120,000
WATER Gadsden Water Works Bd., capacity of plant 24.5 million GPD: city only - 18.000; also supplies Rainbow City, Whorton's Bend. Northeast Etowah. West Etowah, and Highland. Boaz supplies towns mentioned and Sardis City. Attalla. Glencoe, Hokes Bluff, and Southside have their own supplies.
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Tourism Board Gadsden, AL 35902 We are located at 105 Locust St. in Gadsden (256) 549-0351 or 1-888-565-0411
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