Childersburg
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city in Alabama, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Childersburg is referenced by 130 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, United States Census Bureau and 2010 United States Census.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AL.
Vinony files it under Cities in Alabama and Cities in Talladega County, Alabama.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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.