Siluria, Alabama

Siluria, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Siluria, Alabama Siluria, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°13′45″N 86°49′30″W / 33.22917°N 86.82500°WCoordinates: 33°13′45″N 86°49′30″W / 33.22917°N 86.82500°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Shelby
Elevation	492 ft (150 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	205
GNIS feature ID	126847[1]

Siluria is a former town and now a neighborhood in Alabaster, Alabama, located in Shelby County, Alabama in the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. It was the home of a large cotton mill and company-built mill village which began operations in 1896 and finally closed in 1979. It incorporated on May 25, 1954, but was later annexed by Alabaster in May 1971.^[2] It's named for the Silurian geological period because of rocks found there.^[3] A post office was established in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1960	736		—
1970	678		−7.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Notable people

• Jim Davenport, born in Siluria, major league baseball player^[6]
• Willie Kirkland, born in Siluria, major league baseball player^[6]
• Cathy O'Donnell, born Ann Steely in Siluria, actress, on July 6, 1923^[7]

References

1. "Siluria". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Boundary and Annexation Survey. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1975-01-01.
3. "Profile for Siluria, Alabama, AL". ePodunk. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
4. "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
5. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
6. Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
7. "Cathy O'Donnell". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

External links

• Ancestry.com: Siluria Cotton Mill Company