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'''Adger''' is an unincorporated [[List of communities in Jefferson County|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 unincorporated [[List of communities in Jefferson County|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 Adger | The community was named for [[Andrew Adger]], an executive of the [[DeBardeleben Coal and 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]] schools. | |||
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. | ||
On [[February 2]], [[2007]] a Cessna 172 [[2007 West Jefferson County plane crash|crashed]] between Adger and [[Mud Creek]], killing a man and wife en route from their home in Hornersville, Missouri to Marathon, Florida. | On [[February 2]], [[2007]] a Cessna 172 [[2007 West Jefferson County plane crash|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''. Clanton: Heritage Publishing Consultants. ISBN 1891647547, p. 23 | |||
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Revision as of 14:15, 12 November 2012
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 and 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 schools.
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. Clanton: Heritage Publishing Consultants. ISBN 1891647547, p. 23