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Anniston City Profile

Official State Website URL- http://www.alabama.gov

Anniston is situated in the state of Alabama. The number of citizens in Anniston, AL is twenty-four thousand, two hundred and seventy-six - males account for fifty-four point three seven percent of population. There's nice views in the city Median household income for Anniston, AL is twenty-seven thousand, three hundred and eighty-five dollars. ten thousand, four hundred and forty-seven households are in Anniston, AL. Median age of an average Anniston, AL resident is thirty-nine point three years old. The best place to bring up children.

Anniston, Alabama
Nickname: The Model City
Location in Alabama
Location in Alabama
Coordinates: 33°39′47″N 85°49′36″W / 33.66306, -85.82667
Country United States
State Alabama
County Calhoun
Settled April 1872
Incorporated 3 July 1883
Government
 - Mayor Hoyt W. “Chip” Howell, Jr.
Area
 - Total 45 sq mi (116.5 km²)
 - Land 45.4 sq mi (117.7 km²)
 - Water 0 sq mi (0.1 km²)
Elevation 719 ft (219 m)
Population (2005)[1]
 - City 23,741
 - Density 534.4/sq mi (203.8/km²)
 - Metro 112,240
Time zone Central (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) Central (UTC-5)
Website: www.ci.anniston.al.us


Anniston is a city in Calhoun County in the state of Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,276. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 23,741.[1] The city is the county seat of Calhoun County and one of two urban centers/principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Named the The Model City by Atlanta newspaperman Henry W. Grady for its careful planning, the city is situated on the slope of Blue Mountain, beginning point of the Blue Ridge region of the Appalachian Mountains.