Childersburg
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city in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Talladega
- Total
- 12.58 sq mi (32.59 km )
- Land
- 12.33 sq mi (31.94 km )
- Water
- 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km )
- Elevation
- 456 ft (139 m)
- Density
- 385.5/sq mi (148.86/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 01-14464
- Website
- www .childersburg .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Childersburg
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Talladega County
- Population
- 4754
- Area
- 32.628126
- Elevation
- 128
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.childersburg.org
- Image
- Childersburg Alabama.JPG
- Households
- 2047
- Dialing code
- 256
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- postal code
- 35044
- Commons category
- Childersburg, Alabama
- water as percent of area
- 1.9983
- P8168
- Shericka Williams
- water area
- 0.652016
- per capita income
- 22309
- mean age
- 37.5
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Encyclopedic overview
Childersburg is a city in Talladega County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was incorporated in 1889. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,754. It has a history dating back before 1540, when it was noted as a village of the Coosa Nation visited by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. It is said a member of De Soto's crew fell ill and was left to settle in the area of present-day Childersburg where the Coosa people cared for the ill explorer. The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant, important during World War II, was located 4 miles (6 km) north of Childersburg.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Childersburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.