Siluria, Alabama

Siluria is a former town and now a neighborhood in Alabaster, Alabama, located in Shelby County, Alabama in the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. It was the home of a large cotton mill and company-built mill village which began operations in 1896 and finally closed in 1979. It was incorporated on 25 May 1954, but was later annexed by Alabaster in May 1971.[2] It's named for the Silurian geological period because of rocks found there.[3] A post office was established in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.[4]

Siluria, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Siluria, Alabama
Siluria, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°13′45″N 86°49′30″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyShelby
Elevation
492 ft (150 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID126847[1]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1960736—
1970678−7.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Notable people

References
  1. "Siluria". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Boundary and Annexation Survey. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1975-01-01.
  3. "Profile for Siluria, Alabama, AL". ePodunk. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  4. "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  5. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  6. Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
  7. "Cathy O'Donnell". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-05-10.


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