Bessemer
Sign in to savesuburb city of Birmingham, located in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Jefferson
- Incorporated
- September 9, 1887
- Founded by
- Henry Bessemer
- Mayor
- Kenneth E. Gulley
- Council districts
- 1: Jarvis Collier, 2: Chester W Porter, 3: Sarah Person, 4: Donna Thigpen, 5: Teco Stephens, 6: Carla Jackson, 7: Cleo King
- Total
- 40.851 sq mi (105.804 km )
- Land
- 40.639 sq mi (105.255 km )
- Water
- 0.212 sq mi (0.548 km ) 0.52%
- Elevation
- 509 ft (155 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 25,079
- Density
- 617.2/sq mi (238.29/km )
- Time zone
- UTC–6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 35020–35023
- Area codes
- 205 and 659
- Fips code
- 01-05980
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Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024. It is within the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan statistical area, of which Jefferson County is the center. It developed rapidly as an industrial city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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