Alabama

AREA CODES:

205
251
256
334

STATE CAPITAL: Montgomery

STATE FLOWER: Camellia

STATE BIRD: Yellowhammer (Northern Flicker)

STATE SONG: Alabama (written by Julia S. Tutwiler and Edna Gockel Gussen)

DATE ENTERED INTO UNION: Dec. 14th, 1819

LAND MASS: 52,000+ SQ miles

TIME ZONE: Central: UTC-6/DST-5

NOTABLE FIGURES: Nell Carter, Nat King Cole, Bobby Eaton, Mia Hamm, Helen Keller

BRIEF HISTORY:

People of indigenous sources populated what would later become known as the 22nd state inducted into the union for thousands of years. Later Europeans would come to colonize the mass of land. The French established the very first place in Alabama which was Mobile in the year 1702.

It was under French occupation and made a series of control transitions until Andrew Jackson seized Mobile from the Spaniards in 1814. Because of Alabama's good and lush soil, it became an ideal place to prosper with agriculture.

As a result slavery too was a major part of Alabama's economical position, with blacks making up half the population of the state during the mid 1800s.

During the years of abolitionism of slavery Alabama was hit economically hard, as agriculture and the need for slavery to help drive it was a major part of state capital.

It wasn't until after WWII that Alabama was able to make headway when the state made the transition from just agriculture to many other means of financial growth.

Today the largest urban area in the state is Birmingham with a population of 1,100,000+.

The origins of the name Alabama have been disputed for quite some time now, with varying explanations of its meaning from things like "tribal town" to "here we rest".

In the year of 1861 Alabama committed itself to disembarking from the union during the Civil War and would go on to contribute well over one hundred thousand soldiers to the war effort, even though not many battles were ever actually fought on the Alabamian soil.

Despite the turn out of the civil war, because cotton was such a major export for Alabama, the white population fought hard to maintain dominance over slavery.

Many liberties were taken to keep voting power from the black population until finally the Civil Rights Movement broke through during the 1960s.

Alabama is bordered by Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida, and in terms of land mass is the 33rd largest state in the US.

NOTABLE PLACES:

Civil Rights Memorial
Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic
Shakespeare Festival
United States Space and Rocket Center

SPORTS TEAMS:

Vipers
Barons
Huntsville Havoc
Rocket City United

INTERESTING FACTS:

Known as the Heart of Dixie
The majority of religious persons are Protestant

Reverse Phone Lookup Services

Reverse Mobile
Phone Number Scan
Reverse Phone Detective

Public Records Databases

Public Records Pro
Death Records.ws

Reverse Email Lookups

Worldwide Email Address Finder
Email Tracer

Articles

What is a phone number lookup?
Why use a reverse phone lookup?
Choosing a reverse cell phone lookup
Will a white pages reverse lookup work?
more..

General

International Calling Codes
FAQ