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Alexandria, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36250. It stands on Bobs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle. 4,032 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.

Alexandria within Calhoun County

On record in Alexandria

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Alexandria grew from 3,917 to 4,032 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,917
20204,032+115 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Green-Woodruff House, Alexandria-Jacksonville Road, Alexandria, Calhoun County, AL
Green-Woodruff House, Alexandria-Jacksonville Road, Alexandria, Calhoun County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

144 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Alexandria between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning48
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130908-001
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Alexandria: 14 unknowns, 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Donoho MineClayProducer
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Ohatchee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer1850
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Angel MineBarium-Barite, LeadPast ProducerBarite, Galena
Braughton ProspectLeadPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alexandria in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2001Tornado (F1)Alexandria5 hurt, $250,000A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado just north of Anniston in Calhoun County. The tornado began at 4:03 pm near Cane Creek and US 431. The tornado proceeded northeast and ended at 4:10 pm near Broadwells Mill just west of Jacksonville. Preliminary estimates have 10 to 20 homes damaged, numerous outbuildings and barns destroyed, and several mobile homes damaged. Two farming operations had several buildings destroyed. A cemetery on US 431 sustained damage and 5 people received minor injuries when struck by flying debris. The tornado was 7.7 miles long and 250 yards wide at its widest point. Beg: 33 44.218/85 53.709 End: 33 48.425/85 47.488
April 1999Flash FloodAlexandria$5,000Several roads were flooded in Alexandria and in the Weaver area.
April 2005HailAlexandria$1,000Nickel size hail was reported in and around Alexandria.
May 2025HailAlexandria-Social media video of at least half dollar-size hail in Alexandria relayed via broadcast media.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAlexandria-Several trees were downed around the Alexandria area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAlexandria-The roof of a gas station in Alexandria sustained significant damage along with some tree and power line damage.
August 1999HailAlexandria-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported in Alexandria.
April 2017HailAlexandria-no account filed
March 2015HailAlexandria-no account filed
April 2008HailAlexandria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Melrose1.1 miles18
Tallaseehatchee (historical)1.4 miles18
Brutonville1.6 miles17
Post Oak1.9 miles17
Rudd (historical)2.0 miles18
Mahlep2.0 miles19
McCullars (historical)2.1 miles18
Blue Springs2.4 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AlexandriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q994509The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157876. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.