Talladega, Alabama Talladega, Alabama Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District Location in Talladega County and the state of Alabama Location in Talladega County and the state of Alabama Talladega / / is a town/city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
It was incorporated in 1835. At the 2010 census the populace was 15,676. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Talladega County. Talladega is approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of Birmingham.
The town/city is home to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind and the Talladega Municipal Airport, a enhance general aviation airport.
The Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega College and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame are positioned nearby.
The First National Bank of Talladega is the earliest bank in the State of Alabama, being established in 1848.
The name Talladega is derived from a Muscogee (Creek) Native American word Tvlvteke, from the Creek tvlwv, meaning "town", and vteke, meaning "border" indicating its locale on the border between the Creeks and the Natchez. While the town's name is pronounced / / by small-town inhabitants, the racetrack's name is pronounced / t l de / by auto racing fans.
Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 24.1 square miles (62.3 km2), of which 24.0 square miles (62.1 km2) is territory and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.30%, is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Talladega has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,617, and the median income for a family was $36,296.
About 14.1% of families and 19.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 28.4% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 48.7% Black or African American, 47.7% White, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 1.6% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $32,449, and the median income for a family was $38,147.
Talladega includes a number of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the J.
Curry House and Swayne Hall, both listed as National Historic Landmarks. The chief listed historic districts are the Silk Stocking District, which includes the Dr.
Samuel Welch House, Talladega College Historic District, and Talladega Courthouse Square Historic District. Also encompassed is the Talladega Superspeedway, which is a 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long race track.
The initial members of the gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama met in Talladega at the Alabama School for the Blind Robert Bradley interval up in Evergreen, Alabama, and attended school in Talladega at the Alabama School for the Blind.
Marcus Henderson Cruikshank, former member of the Confederate States Congress and Mayor of Talladega De Forest, who invented the vacuum tube and held over 300 patents, was the son of a president of Talladega College.
Long, former president of Talladega College and former president of the United Negro College Fund Jack Nelson, Pulitzer-winning Washington correspondent and former Washington agency chief for the Los Angeles Times, was born in Talladega in October 1929.
The Talladega Municipal Airport was retitled "Boswell Field" with respect to Eastaboga, Alabama resident Lewis Archer Boswell.
The Talladega County Courthouse is positioned in Talladega.
Savery Library on the ground of Talladega College, which is Alabama's earliest private historically black college.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1974.
The Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind is a school for citizens with blindness and/or deafness positioned in Talladega.
Curry House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
The neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 1979.
Boxwood was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1983.
The First Presbyterian church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1983.
The Lawler-Whiting House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1986.
The Idlewild Plantation House was assembled in 1843, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1993.
Thornhill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1998.
A historic marker commemorating General Andrew Jackson's victory over the Red Sticks at the Battle of Talladega amid the Creek War.
A monument to the accomplishments of the USS Talladega stands in the Talladega Historic Courthouse Square.
The City of Talladega, Alabama.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Talladega city, Alabama".
"Talladega, Alabama Koppen Climate Classification".
"Swayne Hall, Talladega College".
National Register of Historic Places.
City of Talladega official website Talladega in the Encyclopedia of Alabama Wikisource-logo.svg "Talladega, a town/city and the capital of Talladega co., Alabama".
Municipalities and communities of Talladega County, Alabama, United States Cities in Alabama - Cities in Talladega County, Alabama - County seats in Alabama
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