Demopolis, Alabama
Demopolis, Alabama | |
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 Aerial view of Demopolis. The confluence of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers is visible in the center of the picture. View is looking to the northwest. | |
| Nickname(s): City of the People, Jewel of the Black Belt, The River City, The Canebrake, Demop | |
 Location in Marengo County, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 87°50′14″W / 32.50944°N 87.83722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Marengo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.07 sq mi (46.79 km2) |
| • Land | 17.75 sq mi (45.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0.32 sq mi (0.84 km2) |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,162 |
| • Density | 404/sq mi (155.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36732 |
| Area code | 334 |
| FIPS code | 01-20296 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0117222 |
| Website | www |
Demopolis is the largest city in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 7,162.[2] It is the birthplace of A. G. Gaston, a successful black businessman and financial supporter of the American civil rights movement.
Confederate park: in the renamed "Confederate Park" in 1923 at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. A Confederate soldier statue was erected (put up) in 1910 at the intersection of North Main Avenue and West Capital Street across from the Park. It was destroyed on July 16, 2016, when a policeman accidentally crashed his patrol car into the monument. The statue fell from its base and was heavily damaged. In 2017, Demopolis city government voted 3–2 to move the damaged Confederate statue to a local museum and to install a new obelisk memorial that honors both the Union and the Confederate soldiers.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- 1 2 "Demopolis city, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ↑ Edgemon, Erin (July 16, 2016). "Alabama police officer crashes into Confederate Monument while on patrol". AL.com. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ↑ Montgomery, David (August 6, 2017). "A car crash topples a Confederate statue – and forces a Southern town to confront its past". The Week. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
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