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| district=[[Birmingham City Council District 9|9]]  
| district=[[Birmingham City Council District 9|9]]  
| community=Ensley community
| community=Ensley community
| population= 2,056
| location=Wylam Library
| location=Wylam Library
| map=({{Locate_address_inline | address = 4300+7th+Avenue+Wylam | zoom=17 | type=h }})
| map=({{Locate_address_inline | address = 4300+7th+Avenue+Wylam | zoom=17 | type=h }})
| meetingtime=1st Tuesday
| meetingtime=1st Tuesday
| president=Michael Butts-Etheridge
| president=Leroy Lassiter
| website=
| website=
| nmap=[https://gisweb.birminghamal.gov/StandardMaps/Neighborhoods/11x17/Wylam.pdf Wylam]
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The Wylam neighborhood is bounded on the west by [[56th Street Ensley]], on the south by [[Ensley Pleasant Grove Road]] and [[USX]]' [[Fairfield Works]] and on the east by the tracks of the [[Railroad]] separating it from [[Fairfield]], and reaches toward [[McDonald Chapel]] and [[Sherman Heights]] to the north. The neighborhood includes [[Wylam Park]] and the [[Wylam Library]]. Other landmarks include [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 17]] and [[St Stanislaus Catholic Church]]
The Wylam neighborhood is bounded on the west by [[56th Street Ensley]], on the south by [[Ensley Pleasant Grove Road]] and [[USX]]' [[Fairfield Works]] and on the east by the tracks of the [[Railroad]] separating it from [[Fairfield]], and reaches toward [[McDonald Chapel]] and [[Sherman Heights]] to the north. The neighborhood includes [[Wylam Park]] and the [[Wylam Library]]. Other landmarks include [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 17]] and [[St Stanislaus Catholic Church]]


The '''Wylam Neighborhood Association''' meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the [[Wylam Library]]. The current president is [[Michael Butts-Etheridge]].
The '''Wylam Neighborhood Association''' meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the [[Wylam Library]].  
 
==Presidents==
* [[Michael Butts-Etheridge]]
* [[Leroy Lassiter]]
 
==Demographics==
* 2010: 2,681 (87.5% Black)
* 2020: 2,056 (86.7% Black)


[[Category:Wylam|*]]
[[Category:Wylam|*]]

Latest revision as of 12:56, 12 September 2021

Wylam
Seal of birmingham.jpg
Birmingham neighborhoods
District(s) 9
Community Ensley community
Population 2,056
Area N/A
President Leroy Lassiter
Meeting site Wylam Library, (map)
Meeting day 1st Tuesday
Website
Neighborhood map Wylam

The Wylam neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Ensley community. It corresponds with the historical mining community of Wylam, which was an incorporated city from 1900 until it was annexed into "Greater Birmingham" in 1910.

The Wylam neighborhood is bounded on the west by 56th Street Ensley, on the south by Ensley Pleasant Grove Road and USX' Fairfield Works and on the east by the tracks of the Railroad separating it from Fairfield, and reaches toward McDonald Chapel and Sherman Heights to the north. The neighborhood includes Wylam Park and the Wylam Library. Other landmarks include Birmingham Fire Station No. 17 and St Stanislaus Catholic Church

The Wylam Neighborhood Association meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the Wylam Library.

Presidents

Demographics

  • 2010: 2,681 (87.5% Black)
  • 2020: 2,056 (86.7% Black)