Mulga

human settlement in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America

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Place details

Locality: Mulga
Region: Alabama
Country: United States
Population: 819
Timezone: America/Chicago

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Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alabama
County: Jefferson
Total: 0.87 sq mi (2.26 km )
Land: 0.86 sq mi (2.24 km )
Water: 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
Elevation: 568 ft (173 m)
Density: 905.6/sq mi (349.67/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst: UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes: 205 & 659
Fips code: 01-52776

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Mulga
Population: 784
Area: 1.591716
Elevation: 175
Households: 358
Dialing code: 205

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postal code: 35118
Commons category: Mulga, Alabama
water as percent of area: 0
water area: 0
per capita income: 24585
mean age: 42.1

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Article

Mulga is a town in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is north from the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. It includes the community of Bayview. Mulga was a company town operated by Birmingham Coal and Iron Company around the Mulga Mine and Mulga was also the name of an independent community in the area. The company town was incorporated in 1947.

As of the 2020 census, Mulga had a population of 784. Its communities were damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998. The town's name is possibly derived from the Creek word omalga meaning "all".