Birmingham (/ˈbɜːrmɪŋhæm/ BUR-ming-ham) is the largest city in the US state of Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. The city's population was 212,237 according to the 2010 United States Census.
Population: 212,237
Latitude: 33° 31' 14.38" N
Longitude: -86° 48' 8.96" W
Eugene Brown Erwin High school was a public high school in Center Point, Alabama. Erwin served grades 7-12 in the Jefferson County Board of Education (Alabama). Van Phillips was the principal, heading a faculty of 70 teachers responsible for instruc…
Birmingham Country Club, located in Birmingham, Alabama, was founded in 1898 as the Country Club of Birmingham. It moved in 1900 from North Birmingham to Lakeview, then again in 1926 to a site in Shades Valley, now within the city of Mountain Brook.…
Bessemer Airport (ICAO: KEKY, FAA LID: EKY, formerly 2A3) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Bessemer, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
Andrew Westmoreland has been the 18th President of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama since 2006. From 1998 to 2006, he was the President of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
The Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences was opened and dedicated at the UAB campus in 1975. It was developed to display the health sciences in the areas of education, research, and practice in the U.S. with special emphasis on the state of Alabama…
WYDE (1260 AM) is a radio station currently acting as a simulcast partner of WYDE-FM. It was formerly known as WLGD, an adult standards/oldies radio station that served Birmingham, Alabama, and nearly all of Jefferson County. The station was previou…
Woodlawn is the name of a community in the city of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
WXJC-FM (92.5 FM, "The Truth") is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel and Talk format. Licensed to Cordova, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Birmingham, area. To compensate for its weak signal over much of the eastern and southern par…
WVSU-FM (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported campus radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, and owned and operated by Samford University. The station broadcasts smooth jazz and other music programs, and it covers the university's…
WURL (760 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel music format, and has since its inception. Licensed to Moody, Alabama, USA, the station serves the eastern area of the Birmingham metropolitan area.
WJLD (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fairfield, Alabama, that serves most of the Birmingham metropolitan area. The station offers talk and music programming targeted towards African-American listeners, including a mixture of locally origina…
Shannon is a small unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA, between Birmingham and northwest Hoover named after John James Shannon, a mine operator.
Seibert Stadium is a 6,700-seat multi-purpose stadium in Homewood, Alabama. It is home to the Samford University Bulldogs college football team. The facility opened in 1958 and is named for F. Page Seibert, who in 1961, donated money for the complet…
Seibert Hall is a 4,240-seat multi-purpose arena in Homewood, Alabama. It was built in 1961. It was home to the Samford University Bulldogs basketball team.
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve is a 1,038 acres (4 km2) nature preserve located in the eastern portions of Jefferson County, Alabama near Birmingham's suburb, Irondale. The preserve includes a visitor center containing native Alabama animals inclu…
Rock Creek is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Its location is northwest of Hueytown.
Pelham Civic Complex is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Pelham, Alabama. It features two NHL size ice skating rinks with a holding capacity of 500 skaters, a skating school, ice skating birthday party rooms, and a multi-purpose banquet area.
North Johns is the second smallest incorporated town in Jefferson County, Alabama (after Cardiff). It is located approximately eight miles southwest from the Birmingham suburb of Hueytown. It was a thriving mining town at the beginning of the 20th c…