Fultondale

Fultondale is a municipality encompassing 12.2 square miles directly north of Birmingham. It adjoins Tarrant City to the east and Gardendale to the north and is traversed by I-65 and Highway 31. The city of Fultondale was incorporated in 1947. It's post office (Zip Code 35068) was established in 1950 at 33°36′55″N, 86°48′5″W

Downtown Fultondale is located on Walkers Chapel Road near the Seaboard System Railroad and south of its crossing with the CSX Transportation Railroad. A. T. Holt Park is located west of downtown near I-65.

The southern part of Fultondale borders Five Mile Creek, which is also a corridor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The proposed route of I-22 intersects a small part of southwest Fultondale.

History

The settlements that evolved into Fultondale started as coal mining communities. The Mary Lee mine was located near Fultondale and had extensive beehive coking ovens. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad built a loop of track through the Fultondale to facilitate coal hauling operations. The name is a combination of the names of two of those communities, Fulton Springs and Glendale.

Residents of Fultondale were the most productive contributors to the 2006 "Great Backyard Birdcount" sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon. [1]

Demographics

The 2005 census estimate indicated a population of 6,853, or an increase of 3.9% in five years.

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,595 people, 2,722 households, and 1,927 families residing in Fultondale. The population density was 538.3/mi². There were 2,871 housing units at an average density of 234.3/mi². The racial makeup of the city was 91.60% White, 5.34% Black or African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 1.00% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. 1.59% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,722 households out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,006, and the median income for a family was $44,073. Males had a median income of $33,447 versus $25,700 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,656. About 7.9% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Fultondale's mayor is Jim Lowery, now serving his third four-year term. As of 2004 the five-member City Council consisted of Greg Morris (mayor pro-tem), Joe Bolten, Darrell Hubbert, Tommy Loden, and William Howell. Howell was appointed to take the place of long-time councilor W. J. Alexander, who died after winning re-election in 2004.

The city operates its own garbage service, library, fire department, police department.

Fultondale High School and Fultondale Elementary School are part of the Jefferson County School System.

See also

• Chapel Hills
• Colonial Promenade Fultondale

References

• Foscue, Virginia O. (1989) Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 081730410X
• "Fultondale, Alabama." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 27 Jun 2006, 22:07 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Jul 2006 [2].

External links

• Fultondale website