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'''Adger''' is an [[List of communities in Jefferson County|unincorporated community]] in a coal-mining region of southwestern [[Jefferson County]]. The community is centered at the intersection of [[Mud Creek Road]] and [[Johns Road]] adjoining [[North Johns]] and [[Valley Creek]] alongside the [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] west of [[Bessemer]]. | |||
'''Adger''' is an | |||
The community was named for [[Andrew Adger]], an executive of the [[DeBardeleben Coal | The community was named for [[Andrew Adger]], an executive of the [[DeBardeleben Coal & Iron Company]]. The [[Adger Post Office]] (ZIP code [[35006]]) was established in [[1889]]. | ||
The Adger community had 3,109 residents according to the [[2000]] U. S. Census. Of those, 92% were white and 6.4% black. School age residents attend [[Oak Grove]] | The Adger community had 3,109 residents according to the [[2000]] U.S. Census. Of those, 92% were white and 6.4% black. School age residents attend [[Oak Grove Elementary School]] and [[Oak Grove High School]]. | ||
The [[Oak Grove Mine]], [[Shoal Creek Mine]], [[Shannon Mine]], and [[Jim Walter #3 Mine]] are all active in the area around Adger. | The [[Oak Grove Mine]], [[Shoal Creek Mine]], [[Shannon Mine]], and [[Jim Walter #3 Mine]] are all active in the area around Adger. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* "Adger" in | * "Adger" in {{HJC}}, p. 23 | ||
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{{Locate | lat= 33.376944 | lon=-87.093611 | zoom=16 | type=h}} | |||
[[Category:Adger|*]] | [[Category:Adger|*]] | ||
[[Category:Mining towns]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 14 January 2021
Adger is an unincorporated community in a coal-mining region of southwestern Jefferson County. The community is centered at the intersection of Mud Creek Road and Johns Road adjoining North Johns and Valley Creek alongside the Louisville & Nashville Railroad west of Bessemer.
The community was named for Andrew Adger, an executive of the DeBardeleben Coal & Iron Company. The Adger Post Office (ZIP code 35006) was established in 1889.
The Adger community had 3,109 residents according to the 2000 U.S. Census. Of those, 92% were white and 6.4% black. School age residents attend Oak Grove Elementary School and Oak Grove High School.
The Oak Grove Mine, Shoal Creek Mine, Shannon Mine, and Jim Walter #3 Mine are all active in the area around Adger.
On February 2, 2007 a Cessna 172 crashed between Adger and Mud Creek, killing a man and wife en route from their home in Hornersville, Missouri to Marathon, Florida.
References
- "Adger" in The Heritage of Jefferson County, Alabama (2002) Clanton: Heritage Publishing Consultants. ISBN 1891647547, p. 23