Siluria, Alabama

Siluria, Alabama
Siluria, Alabama is located in Alabama
Siluria, Alabama
Siluria, Alabama
Siluria, Alabama is located in the United States
Siluria, Alabama
Siluria, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°13′45″N 86°49′30″W / 33.22917°N 86.82500°W / 33.22917; -86.82500
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyShelby
Elevation
492 ft (150 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35144[1]
Area code(s)205, 659
GNIS feature ID126847[2]

Siluria is a former town and now a neighborhood in Alabaster, Alabama, United States, located in Shelby County 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 was incorporated on May 25, 1954, but was later annexed by Alabaster in May 1971.[3] It is named for the Silurian geological period because of rocks found there.[4] A post office was established in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.[5]

  1. ^ "Siluria ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Siluria". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Boundary and Annexation Survey. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. January 1, 1975.
  4. ^ "Profile for Siluria, Alabama, AL". ePodunk. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  5. ^ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 21, 2014.