{"id":201661,"date":"2020-02-27T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=201661"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:57:46","slug":"alabama-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/alabama-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Awesome Facts About Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unofficially nicknamed the \u201cYellowhammer State,\u201d the \u201cCotton State,\u201d and the \u201cHeart of Dixie,\u201d Alabama was the 22<sup>nd state to join the USA on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/december-14%5C/%5C%22">December 14, 1819.\n<p>It has a population of 4.8 million people, making it the 24<sup>th most populous state.\n<p>Alabama is bordered by the states of Florida, Mississippi, <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/tennessee-facts%5C/%5C%22">Tennessee, and Georgia; with a total of 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km<sup>2) of land and water, it is the 30<sup>th largest state.\n<p>That\u2019s enough of the hard facts, though; let\u2019s take a peek at some facts that shed some real insight into Alabama!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Alabama used to be covered in grassland.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202090 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/1-alabama-grassland.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Alabama' used to be covered in grassland. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1-alabama-grassland.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>When the first Europeans came to Alabama, it looked so very different from how it does today.\n</p><p>Once the early settlers arrived, they cut down the trees and burnt off the grass to turn it into farmland.\n</p><p>Originally more than half of the state was covered in grasslands, wetlands, and open grassy woodlands.\n</p><p>Of all the prairie land there was originally, sadly, only about 1 percent now remains.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>It was in Alabama that Rosa Parks started a civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white man.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202091 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/2-rosa-parks.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Rosa' parks started a civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat white man. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2-rosa-parks.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Referred to as the \u201cMother of civil rights movements,\u201d <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/rosa-parks-facts%5C/%5C%22">Rosa Parks played an incredibly important part in American history.\n<p>At a time when public <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/bus-facts%5C/%5C%22">buses were still segregated into zones for white or colored people, Rosa stood up for her rights.\n<p>On <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/december-1%5C/%5C%22">December 1, 1955, Rosa refused to give up her seat in the colored area to a white man when the white zone\u2019s seats were full.\n<p>Despite being legally allowed to occupy her seat, she was arrested for civil disobedience.\n</p><p>While this may not have been the first case of this happening, Rosa was able to challenge the court.\n</p><p>Rosa\u2019s defiance became a symbol for the civil rights movement, and she went on to do many great things over her life.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The first Europeans to find Alabama were Spaniards, but it was settled by the French.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202076 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/3-old-mobile.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' first europeans to find alabama were spaniards but it was settled by the french. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3-old-mobile.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>A Spanish expedition led by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto first passed through parts of Alabama in the 16<sup>th century.\n<p>Hernando wasn\u2019t interested in founding any settlements, though \u2013 he was in search of <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/facts-about-gold%5C/%5C%22">gold, as well as a passage through to the Pacific coast.\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until 1702, over 160 years later, that the first European settlement was founded in Alabama.\n</p><p>The first settlement was named Old Mobile and had a population of 350 inhabitants at its peak.\n</p><p>Old Mobile ended up being relocated just 9 years later due to a long list of troubles, severe flooding among them.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Alabama is home to the largest cast-iron statue in the world.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202077 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/4-alabama-statue.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Alabama' is home to the largest cast-iron statue in world. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/4-alabama-statue.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In 1904, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, constructed a 56-foot (17 m) statue of the Roman god of fire and forge Vulcan.\n</p><p>Once completed, the statue was shipped to St. Louis as Birmingham\u2019s entry into the 1904 World\u2019s Fair.\n</p><p>The statue was a demonstration of the manufacturing abilities of the Birmingham area, which everyone agreed must have been pretty incredible, as the statue was awarded a \u201cgrand prize.\u201d\n</p><p>The statue of Vulcan now rests in the Vulcan Park and Museum, atop a 123-foot (37 m) pedestal.\n</p><p>It weighs an incredible 120,000 pounds (45,359 kg), which is the equivalent of 10 <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/interesting-elephant-facts%5C/%5C%22">elephants!\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Alabama\u2019s first permanent state capital is now a ghost town.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202078 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/5-cahawba-alabama.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Alabama\u2019s' first permanent state capital is now a ghost town. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/5-cahawba-alabama.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>After Alabama was admitted into statehood, a site for a state capital had to be chosen.\n</p><p>On <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/november-21%5C/%5C%22">November 21, 1818, the site of Cahaba (also known as Cahawba) was chosen.\n<p>The capital was planned out, plots of land were auctioned off, and the town was up and running by 1820.\n</p><p>Cahaba was Alabama\u2019s state capital for a very short time, though, from just 1820 to 1825, before it was relocated due to frequent floods.\n</p><p>The town never really recovered from this, and after another severe flood in 1865, it was all but abandoned.\n</p><p>By 1880 Cahaba had been removed from the US census rolls.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The first civil aviation school in the United States was opened in Alabama.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202079 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/6-wright-brothers.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' first civil aviation school in the united states was opened alabama. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6-wright-brothers.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Orville and Wilbur Wright, more commonly known as the Wright Brothers, opened the very first US civil aviation school outside of Montgomery, Alabama.\n</p><p>The Wright Brothers were famous for many things, but their greatest legacy is being the fathers of flying itself.\n</p><p>These American Aviation pioneers not only invented but built and flew the world\u2019s first successful <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/airplane-facts%5C/%5C%22">airplanes.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>One of Alabama\u2019s nicknames is \u201cThe Yellowhammer State.\u201d\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202080 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/7-yellowhammer-state.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"One' of alabama nicknames is yellowhammer state. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/7-yellowhammer-state.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>While Alabama\u2019s state bird is the Yellowhammer, this isn\u2019t the direct cause of its nickname. The origins are said to lie with the Civil War.\n</p><p>A uniform worn by a company of soldiers from Huntsville, Alabama, had yellow trim, and thus they were nicknamed \u201cYellowhammers.\u201d\n</p><p>The nickname caught on and was applied to all soldiers from Alabama and eventually to the state itself.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Alabama is home to the only bookstores in the world that only sells signed copies.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202081 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/8-alabama-booksmith.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Alabama' is home to the only bookstores in world that sells signed copies. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8-alabama-booksmith.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Hidden away on a dead-end street in Birmingham, Alabama, lies a bookstore with a unique twist.\n</p><p>Jacob Reiss, the owner of Alabama Booksmith has been in the business of selling books for 25 years.\n</p><p>Originally selling rare and used books, it was only in 2012 that Jacob made the change to selling signed-only copies.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The first successful heart surgery on a live patient was in Alabama.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202082 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/9-surgery.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' first successful heart surgery on a live patient was in alabama. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9-surgery.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill Jr, a doctor from Montgomery, Alabama, was the first to achieve this impressive feat.\n</p><p>It all started when a 13-year-old boy by the name of Henry Myrick was involved in a fight and stabbed through the <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/facts-about-human-heart%5C/%5C%22">heart.\n<p>What\u2019s even more impressive, though, is that the operation wasn\u2019t even performed straight away \u2013 Myrick had been stabbed the previous afternoon!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Alabama is the most religious state in the US.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202083 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/10-alabama-church.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Alabama' is the most religious state in us. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/10-alabama-church.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>According to research from the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank that conducts research into demographics and public opinions, Alabama comes up as the most religious state.\n</p><p>According to their data, 86% of the state\u2019s residents are Christian, with 49% of those being Evangelical Protestants.\n</p><p>Interestingly enough, only 51% of people from Alabama actually attend church on a weekly basis, yet 73% pray on at least a daily basis.\n</p><p>Not surprisingly, 50% of adults in Alabama look to the Bible for guidance when it comes to a question of right and wrong.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The first operational windshield wipers were invented in Alabama.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202084 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/11-windshield-wipers.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' first operational windshield wipers were invented in alabama. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/11-windshield-wipers.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Mary Anderson, an Alabama native, is credited for the invention back in 1903.\n</p><p>This was way back in the day when automobiles were starting to really gain some popularity, just before the famous Ford Model T was released.\n</p><p>She tried to sell her patented invention to a number of companies, but they rejected the idea as they thought it would be too distracting to drivers.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Montgomery, Alabama, was the capital of the Confederate States of America.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202085 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/12-Montgomery-Alabama.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Montgomery,' alabama was the capital of confederate states america. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/12-Montgomery-Alabama.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Alabama seceded from the United States on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/january-11%5C/%5C%22">January 11, 1861.\n<p>In <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/february-facts%5C/%5C%22">February of the same year, Alabama and 6 other states (</a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/south-carolina-facts%5C/%5C%22">South Carolina, </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/mississippi-facts%5C/%5C%22">Mississippi, </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/georgia-facts%5C/%5C%22">Georgia, </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/florida-facts%5C/%5C%22">Florida, </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/texas-facts%5C/%5C%22">Texas, and </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/louisiana-facts%5C/%5C%22">Louisiana) formed the Confederate States of America, an unrecognized republic in the lower southern region of the now USA.\n<p>These states were pro-slavery and relied heavily upon African American slaves for their vast agricultural industries.\n</p><p>When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, the states that formed the confederacy believed their rights to keep slaves would be abolished, and thus they seceded from the USA.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The first-ever submarine to sink an enemy ship was constructed by Confederates in Alabama.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202086 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/13-USS-Housatonic.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' first ever submarine to sink an enemy ship was constructed by confederates in alabama. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13-USS-Housatonic.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Designed by James McClintlock, the submarine H.L. Hunley\u2019s construction was finished in 1863.\n</p><p>In its first test run, it sank, killing 5 crew members, and its second trial saw it sink again, killing all 8 crew members.\n</p><p>Undeterred by the rising body count, the Confederates raised the submarine to the surface and tried again.\n</p><p>The H.L. Hunley finally saw success in 1864, yet it was to be a bittersweet victory.\n</p><p>On one hand, it was able to torpedo the United States Navy\u2019s sloop-of-war, the USS Housatonic, sinking it.\n</p><p>On the other hand, due to damages suffered during the attack, the H.L Hunley sank again, killing all crew members, again.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Alabama is the home of the longest NASCAR oval in the USA, if not the world.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202092 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/14-talladega-superspeedway-alabama.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Alabama' is the home of longest nascar oval in usa if not world. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/14-talladega-superspeedway-alabama.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Talladega Superspeedway, previously known as the Alabama International Motor Speedway, has a NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km).\n</p><p>This Motorsports complex is located just outside of Talladega, Alabama, where it was built on the site of a former air force base in 1969.\n</p><p>In its many years of operation, the track has been home to countless broken records, as well as first-time winners.\n</p><p>The speeds at this track often reach a whopping 200 mph (320 km\/h) or more!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>There actually is a sweet home in Alabama.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202088 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/02%5C/15-sweet-home-alabama.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"There' actually is a sweet home in alabama. width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/15-sweet-home-alabama.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Here\u2019s one for you if you\u2019re a fan of the song <em>Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.\n<p>In 1906 a man by the name of H.W. Sweet had a home built for him in the town of Bessemer, just outside of Birmingham, Alabama.\n</p><p>Sweet had his home built for $10,000 US, which is the equivalent of about $266,000 dollars today. Talk about a sweet deal!\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>Alabama has such an incredibly rich history and varied geography, it\u2019s no small wonder it\u2019s a fascinating place.\n</p><p>Its past is contrasted between its time in the confederation, to being the seat of civil rights movements for African Americans.\n</p><p>As you can see there\u2019s a huge range of fascinating facts about Alabama, what you\u2019ve learned here is really only the tip of the iceberg!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Unofficially nicknamed the \u201cYellowhammer State,\u201d the \u201cCotton State,\u201d and the \u201cHeart of Dixie,\u201d Alabama was the 22nd state to join the USA on December 14, 1819. 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