Enterprise, Alabama

Enterprise, Alabama
Clockwise from top-left: The Enterprise Water Tower, the Boll Weevil Monument, Boll Weevil Circle, Coffee County Courthouse, Enterprise Hospital.
Clockwise from top-left: The Enterprise Water Tower, the Boll Weevil Monument, Boll Weevil Circle, Coffee County Courthouse, Enterprise Hospital.
Flag of Enterprise, Alabama
Official seal of Enterprise, Alabama
Motto(s): 
"City of Progress"
"Retirement City USA"
Location of Enterprise in Coffee County and Dale County, Alabama.
Location of Enterprise in Coffee County and Dale County, Alabama.
Enterprise, Alabama is located in the United States
Enterprise, Alabama
Enterprise, Alabama
Location in the United States
Enterprise, Alabama is located in Alabama
Enterprise, Alabama
Enterprise, Alabama
Enterprise, Alabama (Alabama)
Coordinates: 31°19′39″N 85°50′40″W / 31.32750°N 85.84444°W / 31.32750; -85.84444
Country United States
State Alabama
CountiesCoffee and Dale
Founded1896
Government
 • MayorWilliam “Bill” Cooper
Area
 • Total31.02 sq mi (80.35 km2)
 • Land30.96 sq mi (80.18 km2)
 • Water0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation
358 ft (109 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total28,711
 • Density927.42/sq mi (358.08/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
36330-36331
Area code334
FIPS code01-24184
GNIS feature ID0118005
Websitewww.enterpriseal.gov

Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Coffee County and the southwestern part of Dale County in Southeastern Alabama, United States. Its population was 28,711 at the 2020 census.[2] Enterprise is the primary city of the Enterprise micropolitan statistical area (with the portion of the city in Dale County part of the Ozark micropolitan statistical area). It was originally a part of Enterprise–Ozark micropolitan area before being split;[3] for a longer while it was originally part of the Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark combined statistical area but is now its own separate primary statistical area in later censuses.[4][5]

Enterprise is famous for the Boll Weevil Monument, a large monument of a woman holding a boll weevil, in the middle of Main Street. The city erected the statue because the destruction of the cotton crop by the boll weevil had led to agricultural diversity, starting with peanuts and more prosperity than had ever come from cotton alone. It is the only statue to an insect pest in the world. Enterprise is right outside the U.S. Army's Fort Novosel, the home of Army Aviation.

Enterprise is home to Enterprise State Community College.

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Enterprise city, Alabama". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original (CSV) on March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  4. ^ www.2census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/econ/ec2012/csa/EC2012_330M200US222M.pdf. Retrieved December 14, 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "OMB Bulletin No. 20-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. March 6, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.