Alabama

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Alabama Facts:

State AbbreviationAL
State CapitalMontgomery
State SizeTotal (Land + Water): 52,419 sq miles; Land Only: 50,744 sq miles
Number of Counties67
Time ZoneCentral Time Zone
Bordering StatesFlorida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
Highest PointCheaha Mountain, 2,413 feet
National ParksNone
State Population (2020)5,030,053
State Population Density99.1 people / square mile
Area Codes205, 251, 256, 334, 659, 938
Top 5 Cities (2010 population)Birmingham (212,237)Montgomery (205,764)Mobile (195,111)Huntsville (180,105)Tuscaloosa (90,468)

Alabama Government & Legislature

StatehoodDecember 14, 1819
Electoral Votes9
State FlagAlabama State Flag
GovernorOfficial Alabama Governor Website
U. S. SenatorsList of U. S. Senators From Alabama
U. S. RepresentativesList of U. S. Representatives From Alabama
State SenatorsList of Alabama State Senators
State RepresentativesList of Alabama State Representatives
State GovernmentOfficial Site
State ConstitutionAlabama State Constitution
Road ConditionsAlabama Road Conditions
State Quarter Issue DateMarch 17, 2003

Alabama State Symbols

State AmphibianRed hills salamander
State BirdYellowhammer
State CrustaceanBrown shrimp
State FlowerCamellia
State FossilBasilosaurus cetoides
State Fresh Water FishLargemouth bass
State FruitBlackberry
State Game BirdWild turkey
State GemstoneStar blue quartz
State HorseRocking horse
State InsectMonarch butterfly
State MammalBlack bear
State MineralHematite (red iron ore)
State MottoAudemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)
State NicknameYellowhammer State
State NutPecan
State QuiltPine burr quilt
State ReptileAlabama red-bellied turtle
State RockMarble
State Salt Water Fish(Fighting) tarpon
State ShellScaphella junonia johnstoneae
State SoilBama soil series
State SpiritConecuh ridge Alabama fine whiskey
State TreeLongleaf pine
State Tree FruitPeach
State WildflowerOak-leaf hydrangea

Alabama Tourist Attractions:

Alabama FYI:

  • Birmingham is home to Vulcan, the world’s largest cast iron statue. It is made of 100,000 pounds of iron and is 56 feet tall.
  • Alabama is the only state with a State Quilt: Pine Burr Quilt.
  • The Unclaimed Baggage Center is located in Scottsboro. The inventory of this store are the lost luggages from airlines.
  • The Saturn boosters, which were the rockets to put humans on the moon, were built in NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Huntsville is known as “The Rocket City.” Some call it the “Rocket Capital of the World.”
  • On February 16, 1968, the first 911 call in the United States was made in Haleyville, Alabama.
  • In Magnolia Springs, Alabama, mail is delivered by boat. This is the only city in the United States with all-water mail routes.
  • Alabama is the only state to have an alcoholic beverage as its official drink.
  • In 1703, Mobile became the first city in the American Continent to celebrate Mardi Gras, 15 years before New Orleans did so.
  • In 1886, the world’s first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery.
  • In 1836 Alabama became the first state in the United States to declare Christmas a legal holiday.