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{{Infobox City | name= Brent | |||
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| year=1996 | |||
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| population=1,428 | |||
| mayor=Jeff Dodson | |||
| schools=Bibb County Schools | |||
| map=[[Image:Woodstock locator map.png|225px]] | |||
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'''Woodstock''' (formerly '''North Bibb''') is a town in [[Bibb County|Bibb]] and [[Tuscaloosa County|Tuscaloosa]] Counties. It was incorporated in [[1996]] and adopted its present name on [[October 1]], [[2000]], following a public referendum. | |||
Woodstock straddles two Metropolitan Statistical Areas, with its Bibb county residents counted in the [[Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area|Birmingham-Hoover MSA]] and its Tuscaloosa County residents in the [[Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area|Tuscaloosa MSA]]. At the 2010 census the population was 1,428, an increase of 45% since the 2000 census figure of 986. | |||
The [[Woodstock Town Council]] has five members. [[Ty Corbell]], [[Ernestine Johnson]], [[Jerry Beams]], [[Danny Frederick]] and [[Don Bowling]] were sworn in along with Mayor [[Jeff Dodson]] in November [[2016]]. [[Tiffany McCulley]] is Town Clerk and [[Len Price]] is Chief of the [[Woodstock Police Department]]. | |||
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Bibb County, founded as Cahawba County in 1818, played an important role in the early industrial history of Alabama. Ironworks and foundries produced goods from the brown iron ore found on Roupes Creek. Woodstock, known as North Bibb until 2000, is a small town of the northern boundary of Bibb County. The town of Woodstock is the only community in the area that straddles two counties, Bibb and Tuscaloosa. This tranquil little community on Alabama 5 was once the center of a thriving railroad business. | |||
Woodstock was first settled in the 1820s with a formal land grant to William Houston on February 27, 1826. The settlement was established along the old Tuscaloosa to Huntsville Stage Coach Line. Woodstock got its name when Dr. J. U. Ray named it after the home of his ancestors, Woodstock, England. Dr. Rays American ancestors arrived in America from England at Jamestown, Virginia. In 1870, Dr. Ray built the first depot for the newly constructed Alabama-Chattanooga Railroad. After the Alabama Great Southern Railroad came the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Each operated a depot in the area. In 1872, a line was installed down to West Blocton to ship the large abundance of coal found in the area. Woodstock became a break and storage yard for coal, red and brown iron ore and cotton. After the Civil War, rich iron ore deposits were mined. In 1872, Mr. Giles Edwards moved to Woodstock from Tannehill and built a blast furnace to manufacture pig iron. | |||
Mr. Edwards was later joined in the business by his son-in-law, James W. McQueen, who went on to become the president of Sloss-Sheffield Iron Company in Birmingham. In addition to the iron ore mining, coal mining, and farming, a jug factory was built to take advantage of the large deposits of fire clay that was in the area. The clay was used to make bricks, jugs, pots, and churns. As many as eight trains per day stopped in Woodstock, carrying away its riches, six of them carrying mail. Woodstock was also the roots of a newspaper business in the 1800s. This publication moved to Six Mile and then to Birmingham where it became the Birmingham News. The Town of Woodstock was formally incorporated in 1996 as North Bibb with Carl Jones as Mayor. Woodstock formally changed its name back to The Town of Woodstock by Ordinance 2008-08-03, effective October 1, 2000, S. B. Albert Hutchens, Mayor. | |||
'''Woodstock''' is a town in [[Bibb County, Alabama|Bibb]] and [[Tuscaloosa County, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]]. Formerly known as '''North Bibb''', by referendum in August 2000, the town adopted the name of a long-established local [[unincorporated community]] and, as of October 1, 2000, is now known officially as "Woodstock". As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 1,428.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0183640| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Woodstock town, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref> | |||
The Bibb County portion of Woodstock is part of the [[Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area|Birmingham metropolitan area]], while the Tuscaloosa County portion is part of the [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama metropolitan area|Tuscaloosa metropolitan area]]. | |||
==History== | |||
Bibb County, founded as Cahawba County in 1818, played an important role in the early industrial history of Alabama. [[Ironworks]] and [[foundry|foundries]] produced goods from the brown iron ore found on Roupes Creek. Woodstock, known as North Bibb until 2000, is a small town on the northern boundary of Bibb County. This tranquil little community on Alabama 5 was once the center of a thriving railroad business. | |||
Woodstock was first settled in the 1820s, with a formal land grant to William Houston on February 27, 1826. The settlement was established along the old [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] to [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] stagecoach line. Woodstock got its name when Dr. J. U. Ray named it after the home of his ancestors, [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]], England. Dr. Ray's ancestors arrived in America from England at [[Jamestown, Virginia]]. In 1870, Dr. Ray built the first depot for the newly constructed Alabama-Chattanooga Railroad. After the [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] came the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]]. Each operated a depot in the area. In 1872, a line was installed down to [[West Blocton, Alabama|West Blocton]] to ship the large abundance of [[coal]] found in the area. Woodstock became a break and storage yard for coal, red and brown [[iron ore]] and [[cotton]]. After the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], rich iron ore deposits were mined. In 1872, Mr. Giles Edwards relocated to Woodstock from [[Tannehill Ironworks|Tannehill]] and built a blast furnace to manufacture [[pig iron]]. | |||
Mr. Edwards was later joined in the business by his son-in-law, [[James W. McQueen]], who went on to become the president of [[Sloss Furnaces|Sloss-Sheffield Iron Company]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]. In addition to the iron ore mining, coal mining, and farming, a jug factory was built to take advantage of the large deposits of fire clay that was in the area. The clay was used to make bricks, jugs, pots, and churns. As many as eight trains per day stopped in Woodstock, carrying away its riches, six of them carrying mail. Woodstock was also the roots of a newspaper business in the 1800s. This publication moved to Six Mile and then to Birmingham where it became ''[[The Birmingham News]]''. Woodstock was incorporated in 1996 as the Town of North Bibb, with Carl Jones as mayor. Woodstock changed its name back to Woodstock by Ordinance 2008-08-03, effective October 1, 2000, S. B. Albert Hutchens, Mayor. | |||
==Geography== | |||
Woodstock is located in northern Bibb County at {{coord|33|12|4|N|87|9|1|W|region:US-AL_type:city}} (33.201248, -87.150242).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> A portion of the town extends to the northwest into Tuscaloosa County. [[U.S. Route 11 in Alabama|U.S. Route 11]] passes northwest of the town center, leading northeast {{convert|31|mi}} to downtown [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] and west {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. [[Interstate 59 (Alabama)|Interstate 59]] passes northwest of Woodstock, with the closest access via Exit 97 north of town. | |||
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|18.7|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|18.3|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 2.11%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> | |||
==Demographics== | |||
{{US Census population | |||
|2000= 986 | |||
|2010= 1428 | |||
|estyear=2015 | |||
|estimate=1547 | |||
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015|accessdate=July 2, 2016}}</ref> | |||
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2015-07-08|title=American FactFinder}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,428 people, 507 households, and 395 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 202 people per square mile (77.9/km²). There were 549 housing units at an average density of 76.3 per square mile (29.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 93% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 3.4% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]], and 1.0% from two or more races. 2.1% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. | |||
There were 507 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.13. | |||
In the town, the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.7 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males. | |||
The median income for a household in the town was $48,750, and the median income for a family was $52,417. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $32,885 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,855. About 8.0% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. | |||
==Notable persons== | |||
* [[Ross F. Gray]], [[United States Marine]] who [[Posthumous recognition|posthumous]]ly received the [[Medal of Honor]]. Born in the nearby community of Marvel Valley, but buried in Woodstock. | |||
* John B. McLemore, the central figure in the ''[[S-Town]]'' podcast and a notable [[horologist]]. His hedge maze and property were located at: 33°12'08.9"N 87°07'52.1"W <ref>{{cite web|url=https://goo.gl/maps/bqbdUaWbfTF2|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> | |||
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* " | * "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodstock,_Alabama Woodstock, Alabama]" (May 9, 2017) Wikipedia - accessed May 11, 2017 | ||
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{{Tuscaloosa County}} | {{Tuscaloosa County}} | ||
[[Category:Woodstock|*]] | [[Category:Woodstock|*]] | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 11 May 2017
| Town of Brent | |
| Incorporated | 1996 |
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| Population | 1,428 |
| Mayor | Jeff Dodson |
| School district | Bibb County Schools |
| Government |
Brent Town Council |
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| Locate with Google Maps | |
Woodstock (formerly North Bibb) is a town in Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties. It was incorporated in 1996 and adopted its present name on October 1, 2000, following a public referendum.
Woodstock straddles two Metropolitan Statistical Areas, with its Bibb county residents counted in the Birmingham-Hoover MSA and its Tuscaloosa County residents in the Tuscaloosa MSA. At the 2010 census the population was 1,428, an increase of 45% since the 2000 census figure of 986.
The Woodstock Town Council has five members. Ty Corbell, Ernestine Johnson, Jerry Beams, Danny Frederick and Don Bowling were sworn in along with Mayor Jeff Dodson in November 2016. Tiffany McCulley is Town Clerk and Len Price is Chief of the Woodstock Police Department.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles, all land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 986 people, 355 households, and 290 families residing in the town. The population density was 353.8 people per square mile. There were 398 housing units at an average density of 142.8/sq mi. The racial makeup of the town was 98.4% White.
There were 355 households out of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.0% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $42,727, and the median income for a family was $46,477. Males had a median income of $32,368 versus $22,153 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,406. About 9.3% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.
References
- "Woodstock, Alabama" (May 9, 2017) Wikipedia - accessed May 11, 2017
| Bibb County | |
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| Topics | |
| Cities |
Brookwood | Ashby | Blocton | Brent | Centreville (seat) | Six Mile | Woodstock | Vance | West Blocton |
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Tuscaloosa County |
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| Topics | |
| Cities |
Brookwood | Coaling | Coker | Lake View | Northport | Tuscaloosa (seat) | Vance |