Cullman, Alabama
Location in Cullman County and the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 34°10′39″N 86°50′41″W / 34.1775, -86.84472
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Cullman
Government
- Mayor	Mayor Donald E. Green
Area
- Total	19.2 sq mi (49.6 km²)
- Land	18.3 sq mi (47.4 km²)
- Water	0.9 sq mi (2.2 km²)
Elevation	898 ft (251 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	14,995
- Density	728.9/sq mi (282.2/km²)
Time zone	Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	35055-35058
Area code(s)	256
FIPS code	01-18976
GNIS feature ID	0116948

Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States and is considered a part of Greater Birmingham. At the 2005 estimation census the population was 16,675, gaining about 2,000 people from the census of 2000. The city is the county seat of Cullman County. Cullman is considered to be the financial, commercial, and civic center of not only Cullman County but of other surrounding counties as well. Cullman is one of the three primary cities that make up the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, which is home to over a million people.
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History

Cullman was founded in 1873 by Colonel John G. Cullmann, a German refugee who came to America in 1866. In 1873, Colonel Cullmann purchased 349 acres of land from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and established a colony for German immigrants. Cullman is a city located in Cullman County, Alabama. ...

Cullman, Alabama (upper center) is southwest of Huntsville and north of Birmingham, along Interstate 65. Nearby towns include: Decatur, Hartselle and Gadsden, Alabama.

Five German families moved to the area in March 1873; in 1878, the town was incorporated and named after Colonel Cullmann. Over the next twenty years, Colonel Cullmann encouraged 100,000 Germans to emigate to the area. The site he selected for his headquarters is now his grave site. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 362 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (810 × 1340 pixel, file size: 243 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 362 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (810 × 1340 pixel, file size: 243 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. ... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... Interstate 65 (abbreviated I-65) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Decatur is a city located in Morgan County, Alabama on the shore of the Tennessee River. ... Hartselle is a city located in Morgan County, Alabama. ... Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County, northeastern Alabama, United States, approximately 60 miles northeast of Birmingham. ...

For many years Cullman was a college town, with Saint Bernard College serving as the home of several hundred students. In the mid-1970's, it briefly merged with Sacred Heart College (a two-year Benedictine women's college), to become Southern Benedictine College. This college closed in 1979, and now operates as Saint Bernard Preparatory School.

The former site of Sacred Heart College is Sacred Heart Monastery, which serves as a retreat center operated by the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery.

Geography

Cullman is located on top of Brindley Mountain plateau at 34°10′39″N, 86°50′42″W (34.177508, -86.844996)^GR1. Brindley Mountain, also spelled Brindlee Mountain, is an isolated portion of the Appalachian Plateau in northern Alabama. ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.6 km² (19.1 mi²). 47.4 km² (18.3 mi²) of it is land and 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²) of it (4.49%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Elevation: 826 feet

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 13,995 people, 6,059 households, and 3,762 families residing in the city. The population density was 295.3/km² (765.0/mi²). There were 6,679 housing units at an average density of 140.9/km² (365.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.43% White, 0.36% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.06% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. 4.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...

There were 6,059 households out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.85. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,164, and the median income for a family was $41,313. Males had a median income of $32,863 versus $21,647 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,484. About 9.4% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 18.5% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Education

The Cullman City School System comprises five schools: Cullman Primary School (Pre-K - First Grade), East Elementary (Second Grade - Sixth Grade), West Elementary (Second Grade - Sixth Grade), John G. Cullman Middle School (Seventh Grade and Eighth Grade) and Cullman High School (Ninth Grade - Twelfth Grade).^{[citation needed]} Other schools include Saint Bernard Preparatory School (Ninth Grade-Twelfth Grade), Saint Bernard Middle School (Seventh and Eighth Grade), Sacred Heart Elementary School (Pre-K - Sixth Grade) and Saint Paul's Lutheran School (Pre-K - Sixth Grade). Cullman High School is the largest and most prominent high school in Cullman, Alabama. ...

Saint Bernard Preparatory School is Alabama's only Benedictine boarding school^{[citation needed]}. It has produced three Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce "Students of the Year" (two of them receiving the honor over a span of three years), and graduates classes of approximately thirty students receiving over $4,000,000 in college scholarships annually. Many of the school's teachers are retired from the Cullman City School System. Other teachers are monks from Saint Bernard Abbey and nuns from the nearby Sacred Heart Monastery. For the college, see Benedictine College. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ...

Saint Bernard Preparatory School has also established a middle school on site and will welcome seventh and eighth graders for the first time beginning in August 2007. The middle school was created in response to local parents wanting a Catholic middle school to remain in the community after it was announced that these grades were to be removed from Sacred Heart Elementary School, effective May 2007^{[citation needed]}. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Notable Residents

• Cullman is the home of former Alabama Governor Guy Hunt, a Republican who served from 1987-1993.

• The late Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaperman Harold E. Martin was born in Cullman in 1923.

• Melinda Dillion (Actress)
• Waid Harbison (Author)
• Channing Tatum (Actor)
• Roy Drinkard (Successful South Eastern Land Developer)

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External links

• City of Cullman, Alabama
• History of Cullman, Article on Cullman High School website
• Historical Biography of Cullman Alabama's Founder, Col. John Gottfried Cullmann from Barbara Burrow's Cullman real estate website

Coordinates: 34.177508° N 86.844996° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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