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  2. 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado - Wikipedia

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    During the late afternoon and early evening of April 27, 2011, a violent, high-end EF4 multiple-vortex tornado destroyed portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities. It is one of the costliest tornadoes on record, and was one of the 360 tornadoes in the 2011 Super ...

  3. 2011 Super Outbreak - Wikipedia

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    The Alberta City neighborhood in eastern Tuscaloosa sustained catastrophic damage as numerous homes, apartment buildings, and a shopping center were completely leveled. Additional low-end EF4 damage occurred in the Tuscaloosa suburb of Holt further to the northeast, as several homes were leveled or swept away in that area. The tornado then ...

  4. Autauga County, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .autaugaco .org. County Number 04 on Alabama Licence Plates. Autauga County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 58,805. [2] Its county seat is Prattville. [3] Autauga County is part of the Montgomery metropolitan area .

  5. Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    0153742 [4] Website. tuscaloosa.com. Tuscaloosa ( / ˌtʌskəˈluːsə / TUS-kə-LOO-sə) is a city in and the county seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, [7] on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-most populous city, the population was 99,600 at the 2020 census ...

  6. List of counties in Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km 2). The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state.

  7. List of plantations in Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The plantation and community were eventually absorbed by Birmingham, a city that Mudd helped establish after the war. 94000690. Atkins' Ridge. Greensboro. 32°41′27″N 87°34′36″W  / . 32.69073°N 87.57666°W. / 32.69073; -87.57666  ( Atkins' Ridge) Hale. Built for John Atkins, a native of Virginia, in 1840.

  8. Geology of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The geology of Alabama is marked by abundant geologic resources and a variety of geologic structures from folded mountains in the north to sandy beaches along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Alabama spans three continental geologic provinces as defined by the United States Geological Survey, the Atlantic Plain, Appalachian Highlands, and Interior Plains.

  9. History of the University of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The History of The University of Alabama begins with an act of United States Congress in 1818 authorizing the newly formed Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a "seminary of learning." Alabama was admitted to the Union on March 20, 1819, and a second township added to the land grant. [1]