Calvert, Alabama

Calvert, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Census-designated place
AM/NS Calvert's hot dip galvanizing lines in Calvert
AM/NS Calvert's hot dip galvanizing lines in Calvert
Location in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama
Location in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama
Calvert is located in Alabama
Calvert
Calvert
Calvert is located in the United States
Calvert
Calvert
Coordinates: 31°09′19″N 088°00′36″W / 31.15528°N 88.01000°W / 31.15528; -88.01000 [1]
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMobile
Area
[2]
 • Total
2.36 sq mi (6.10 km2)
 • Land2.34 sq mi (6.06 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
[1]
46 ft (14 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
255
 • Density109.07/sq mi (42.11/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36513
Area code251
FIPS code[2]01-11488
GNIS ID[1]115421

Calvert is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama, United States.[1][4] It is located in the extreme northeast corner of Mobile County and southeast corner of Washington County near the Tombigbee River, along U.S. Route 43. As of the 2020 census, the population of Calvert was 255.[3]

German technology conglomerate ThyssenKrupp broke ground on a US$4.65 billion stainless and carbon steel processing facility in Calvert in 2007. The facility became operational in July 2010.[5][6] ThyssenKrupp's stainless steel division, Inoxum, including the stainless portion of the Calvert plant, was sold to Finnish stainless steel company Outokumpu in 2012.[7] The remaining portion of the ThyssenKrupp plant, with a production capacity of 5.3 million metric tons that includes a hot strip mill, cold roll mill and four coating lines, was purchased by a 50/50 joint partnership of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel in February 2014 for $1.5 billion and renamed AM/NS Calvert. At the time, ThyssenKrupp was the region's 2nd largest industrial employer.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b c d "Feature Detail Report for: Eight Mile (Mobile County, Alabama)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Calvert CDP, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Calvert, Alabama". Alabama Home Town Locator. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA". ThyssenKrupp. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  6. ^ Cloos, Paul. Mobile County wins ThyssenKrupp plant Press-Register May 11, 2007.
  7. ^ "New owners of ThyssenKrupp stainless steel division plan visit in June". Press-Register. May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  8. ^ Finch II, Michael (February 26, 2014). "Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval". Press-Register. Mobile, Alabama. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  9. ^ "ArcelorMittal AM/NS Calvert Webpage". Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2014.