Oneonta, Alabama Oneonta, Alabama Oneonta is home to the Easley Covered Bridge, a county-owned, 95-foot (29 m) town lattice truss bridge assembled in 1927.
Oneonta is home to the Easley Covered Bridge, a county-owned, 95-foot (29 m) town lattice truss bridge assembled in 1927.
Location in Blount County and the state of Alabama Location in Blount County and the state of Alabama Oneonta is a town/city in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
At the 2010 census the populace was 6,567. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Blount County.
Oneonta is home to the Covered Bridge Festival. A postal service called Oneonta has been in operation since 1889. The town/city was titled after Oneonta, New York, the native home of a barns official. In 1889, the governmental center of county was transferred to Oneonta from Blountsville. Oneonta is positioned in easterly Blount County at 33 56'32.291" North, 86 28'43.586" West (33.942303, -86.478774). It is situated in Murphree Valley between Red Mountain and Sand Mountain to the northwest and Straight Mountain to the southeast.
Route 231 passes through the center of the city, dominant northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Cleveland, Alabama, and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Interstate 59 in Ashville.
Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.3 square miles (39.5 km2), of which 15.2 square miles (39.3 km2) is territory and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.54%, is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,567 citizens , 2,502 homeholds, and 1,630 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.1% White, 6.0% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 7.6% from other competitions, and 1.3% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 23.0% under the age of 18, 7.8 % from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,192, and the median income for a family was $50,236.
The town/city government is made up of Mayor Ross Norris, and a five-person town/city council Hal Blackwood, Mark Gargus, Danny Robinson, Tim Mc - Nair, and Tonya H.
Oneonta, Alabama is home to the Historical Covered Bridge Festival.
This annual event showcases the history of the remaining veiled bridges in Blount County, and includes an arts and crafts festival with entertainment and affairs.
Also positioned in Oneonta is the Blount County Memorial Museum, which hosts a range of resources for genealogy research.
Public education is provided by Oneonta City Schools.
There are three schools in the city: Oneonta Elementary School (grades K through 5), Oneonta Middle School (grades 6 through 8), and Oneonta High School (grades 9 through 12).
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Oneonta city, Alabama".
"26th Annual Blount County Covered Bridge Festival".
"Blount County Courthouse in Oneonta".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
City of Oneonta official website Oneonta City Schools Municipalities and communities of Blount County, Alabama, United States County seat: Oneonta Allgood Altoona Blountsville Cleveland County Line Garden City Hayden Highland Lake Locust Fork Nectar Rosa Snead Susan Moore Trafford This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties Cities in Alabama - Cities in Blount County, Alabama - County seats in Alabama - Birmingham Hoover urbane area
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