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Welcome to Alabaster ...The city of Alabaster is located in Shelby County<1>. Google driving directions from your current location to Alabaster (Patience, this may take a moment). The location of Alabaster has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Alabaster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1951. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Alabaster has a population of 33,522 people<3> (see below for details). Alabaster is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Alabaster lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Alabaster: 205 & 659<5> The ZIP code for Alabaster: 35007<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Alabaster had an population of 33,522 people. This is an increase of 10.44% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 48.2% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Alabaster had a population of 30,352 people (or 15.48% of the total population of Shelby County). This makes Alabaster the county's most populous community. The population of Alabaster represents 0.64% of the population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 16th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 30,352 people, the population of Alabaster increased 34.19% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 22,619 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Alabaster. Communities Also Named Alabaster ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Alabaster - it's located in Michigan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alabaster. Websites for Alabaster ...Official Website: www.cityofalabaster.com/ Communities near Alabaster ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alabaster.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alabaster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alabaster. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alabaster. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alabaster. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alabaster. See our Newspapers Page for Alabaster. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alabaster ...Looking for more information about Alabaster? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Alabaster, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Alabaster. Adding Alabaster to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alabaster in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Alabaster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Alabaster. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Alabaster: www.cityofalabaster.com/ The official website for Shelby County: www.shelbycountyalabama.com/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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