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Blountsville
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town in Blount County, Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Blount
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Michael Glass
- Total
- 5.49 sq mi (14.22 km )
- Land
- 5.42 sq mi (14.04 km )
- Water
- 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km )
- Elevation
- 764 ft (233 m)
- Density
- 336.9/sq mi (130.06/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 205, 659
- Fips code
- 01-07456
- Website
- blountsvilleal .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Blountsville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Blount County
- Population
- 1826
- Area
- 14.212339
- Elevation
- 217
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Image
- Blountsville-Main-St-al.jpg
- Households
- 608
- Dialing code
- 205
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- postal code
- 35031
- inception
- 1818-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.265
- water area
- 0.179787
- per capita income
- 15391
- mean age
- 28.8
- Commons category
- Blountsville, Alabama
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Blountsville is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,826.
Blount County was created by the Alabama territorial legislature on February 6, 1818, from land ceded to the federal government by the Creek Nation on August 9, 1814. It was named for Gov. Willie G. Blount of Tennessee, who provided assistance to settlers in Alabama during the Creek War of 1813–14. It lies in the northeastern section of the state, generally known as the mineral region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blountsville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.