Irondale is a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States northeast from Homewood and Mountain Brook. At the 2010 census the population was 12,349. The setting of the book (later a film) Fried Green Tomatoes, by Irondale native Fannie Flagg, is loosely based on the town and the landmark Irondale Cafe, known as The Whistle-Stop Cafe in the book & film.
Population: 12,349
Latitude: 33° 32' 17.38" N
Longitude: -86° 42' 25.96" W
Ensley High School, located in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama (United States), was founded in 1901 to serve the then-independent community of Ensley, which was centered on major plants operated by U.S. Steel and the American Cast Iro…
Edgewater is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is northeast from the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. Its population was 883 at the 2010 census. This area was damaged by tornadoes on April 15, 1956 and Apr…
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.…
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.
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.
Pell City High School is the only high school serving the Pell City School system. The school has approx. 1,200 students in grades 9-12 and just recently finished adding on a $7.5 million multi-purpose building which houses a 2200-seat sports arena …
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.