Sylacauga, Alabama

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Sylacauga, Alabama is a small city in central Alabama known for its rich marble quarries and the famous 1954 meteorite that struck a local resident.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 256 ⓘ
938 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Talladega County ⓘ
distanceTo about 50 miles southeast of Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 545 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 01-74304 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0127809 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction local history museum ⓘ
marble-related public art ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Sylacauga City Schools ⓘ
hasHighSchool Sylacauga High School ⓘ
hasIndustry manufacturing ⓘ
marble mining ⓘ
stone processing ⓘ
hasNickName Marble City ⓘ
hasPark Central Park ⓘ
Noble Park ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary B.B. Comer Memorial Library ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Sylacauga High School Aggies ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
knownFor 1954 meteorite strike ⓘ
Sylacauga marble ⓘ
marble quarries ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Talladega-Sylacauga micropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Alabama ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Coosa River ⓘ
Talladega National Forest ⓘ
locatedOn U.S. Route 280 ⓘ
meteoriteStruck Ann Elizabeth Hodges ⓘ
meteoriteType chondrite meteorite ⓘ
nearestLargeCity Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
partOf Appalachian foothills region ⓘ
United States Deep South ⓘ
populationCensus2010 approximately 12,749 ⓘ
populationEstimate2020 approximately 12,000 ⓘ
postalCode 35150 ⓘ
35151 ⓘ
significantEvent Sylacauga meteorite fall ⓘ
significantEventDate November 30, 1954 ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone

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U.S. Route 280 → connectsCity → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
Jim Nabors → placeOfBirth → Sylacauga, Alabama, United States ⓘ
linked to: Sylacauga, Alabama
Alabama's 3rd congressional district → containsCity → Sylacauga ⓘ
linked to: Sylacauga, Alabama
SR 21 (Alabama) → connects → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
subject linked to: SR 21
AL 21 → passesThrough → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
Bon Air → sharesCountyWith → Sylacauga ⓘ
linked to: Sylacauga, Alabama
Marble City → refersTo → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
US 280 → passesThroughCity → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
US 280 in Sylacauga → locatedIn → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
US 280 in Sylacauga → serves → city of Sylacauga ⓘ
linked to: Sylacauga, Alabama
US 280 in Sylacauga → category → Transportation in Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Sylacauga, Alabama
Childersburg, Alabama → hasNearbyCity → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
State Route 21 (Alabama) → connects → Sylacauga, Alabama ⓘ
subject linked to: State Route 21