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Mulga

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human settlement in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America

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Mulga is a human settlement in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. The community has an official name of Mulga and is situated at an elevation of 175 meters above sea level. It covers an area of 1.591717 square units with no water area. The local dialing code is 205, and the postal code is 35118.

The population of Mulga is listed as 836 in one source and 819 in another. There are 358 households, with a mean age of 42.1 and a per capita income of 24,585. The settlement is located in the America/Chicago timezone. A tertiary road named Mulga Loop Road runs through the area.

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Place details

Locality
Mulga
Region
Alabama
Country
United States
Population
819
Timezone
America/Chicago

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Key facts

Country
United States
State
Alabama
County
Jefferson
Total
0.87 sq mi (2.26 km )
Land
0.86 sq mi (2.24 km )
Water
0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
Elevation
568 ft (173 m)
Density
905.6/sq mi (349.67/km )
Time zone
UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst
UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes
205 & 659
Fips code
01-52776

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Encyclopedic overview

Mulga is a town in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is north from the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. It includes the community of Bayview. Mulga was a company town operated by Birmingham Coal and Iron Company around the Mulga Mine and Mulga was also the name of an independent community in the area. The company town was incorporated in 1947.

As of the 2020 census, Mulga had a population of 784. Its communities were damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998. The town's name is possibly derived from the Creek word omalga meaning "all".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mulga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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