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{{Infobox City | name=Trussville
| year=1947
| population=22,314
| mayor=Buddy Choat
| website=[https://www.trussville.org/ trussville.org]
| logo=[[File:2019 Trussville seal.jpg|150px]]
| map=[[Image:Trussville locator map.png|225px]]
| locate=Trussville
}}

'''Trussville''' (incorporated in [[1947]]) is a city of 22,314 on 33.41 square miles of eastern [[Jefferson County]] directly northeast of [[Birmingham]]. It adjoins [[Clay]] to the west and [[Argo]] to the north and is traversed by [[I-59]] and [[Highway 11]]. Additionally the northern terminus of [[I-459]] is located within the city. Although not incorporated until 1947, Trussville was established as a settlement in [[1820]]. 

Downtown Trussville is located along [[Highway 11]] which is locally [[Main Street (Trussville)]] and [[Gadsden Highway]] at its intersection with [[Chalkville Mountain Road]] and west of its crossing with the [[Norfolk-Southern Railroad]]. The [[Cahaba Homestead Village]] is located west of downtown between Highway 11 and near I-59.

==History==
The first European settler to establish residence in the area was [[Warren Truss]], who entered the area on the [[Georgia Road]] with his brothers [[John Truss|John]] and [[Samuel Truss|Sam]] before 1820, and constructed a grist mill on the [[Cahaba River]] in [[1821]].

Trussville remained an agricultural community until after the [[Civil War]] when the [[Alabama-Chattanooga Railway]] was built through the city. By [[1886]] a [[Trussville Furnace|blast furnace]] was built where the current [[Cahaba Elementary School]] now stands. 

During the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Government Resettlement Administration constructed the [[Cahaba Homestead Village]] or as it was locally called the "Slagheap Village" in the area directly west of downtown. Each of these residences was leased by the federal government until being sold to private landowners in [[1947]].
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On [[June 10]], [[1947]], Trussville was incorporated as a town, and on [[May 31]], [[1957]], the town officially became a city. It was on this date the City of Trussville was adopted as the official name.

Today Trussville is one of the Birmingham regions most rapidly growing areas. The city has seen much residential and retail construction with two major shopping centers being built within the city during the early 2000s, the [[Colonial Promenade at Trussville]] on its western side and both the [[Colonial Promenade Tutwiler Farm]] and [[Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm]] along Highway 11 at the I-59/I-459 interchange.

In 2005 Trussville was ranked as number 56 out of 100 in ''Money'' magazine's "Best Places to Live".

==Demographics==
As of the census of 2010, there were 19,933 people residing in 7,667 housing units in Trussville. The population density was 596.67/mi² with housing units at an average density of 229.5/mi². The racial makeup of the city was 90.3% White and 6.6% African American. 1.25% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In [[2000]] there were 4,588 households out of which 44.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.3% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.8% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.0% 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 3.11.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.5 years. 

The median income for a household in the city was $66,943, and the median income for a family was $71,111. Males had a median income of $48,921 versus $31,806 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,235. About 2.5% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line.

The [[Jefferson County Board of Equalization]] evaluated 5,337 homes in Trussville and determined that their average market value for 2007 was $227,181, a 2.7% increase since 2006.

==Government==
Trussville's [[Mayor of Trussville|mayor]] is [[Buddy Choat]]. As of [[2016]] the five-member [[Trussville City Council]] consisted of [[Alan Taylor]], [[Jef Freeman]], [[Zach Steele]], [[Perry Cook]], and [[Brian Plant]].

The city operates its own [[Trussville Police Department|police]] and [[Trussville Fire Department|fire departments]].

The city is served by [[Trussville City Schools]] consisting of [[Hewitt-Trussville High School]], [[Hewitt-Trussville Middle School]], and three elementary schools. 

Originally, [[Paine Intermediate School]] and [[Paine Primary School]] served the elementary student population. In 2016, Paine was split into three neighborhood elementary schools for grades K-5. Paine Elementary School is north of the city on U.S. Highway 11, Magnolia Elementary School is on the eastern edge of the city on Hidden Way Lane, and Cahaba Elementary School is in the central area of the city on Parkway Drive.

==References==
* {{Massey-1987}}
* {{Lloyd-2014}}
* "[https://trussville.org/about/history/ History]" at Trussville.org (City of Trussville website) - accessed January 14, 2020

==External links==
* [https://www.trussville.org/ Trussville] website

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