Cullman County, Alabama | |
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The Cullman County Courthouse
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Location in the U.S. state of Alabama |
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Alabama's location in the U.S. |
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Founded | January 24, 1877 |
Named for | John G. Cullmann |
Seat | Cullman |
Largest city | Cullman |
Area | |
• Total | 755 sq mi (1,955 km2) |
• Land | 735 sq mi (1,904 km2) |
• Water | 20 sq mi (52 km2), 2.7% |
Population (est.) | |
• (2015) | 82,005 |
• Density | 109/sq mi (42/km²) |
Congressional district | 4th |
Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
Website | www |
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Cullman County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,406. Its county seat is Cullman. Its name is in honor of Colonel John G. Cullmann. It is a "moist" county in terms of availability of alcoholic beverages; the cities of Cullman, Good Hope and Hanceville allow sale of alcohol and are "wet" and the rest of the county is dry.
Cullman County comprises the Cullman, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area.
Cullman is served by TV stations and FM radio stations from both Huntsville and Birmingham. Cullman County is a part of the designated market area, or "DMA," of Birmingham. Electricity in Cullman County is provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority and by the Alabama Power Company. For a long time, telephone service in this county was provided by the Southern Bell Company.
There is no commercial air transportation service in Cullman County, and this county is no longer served by intercity commercial buses.
This area was inhabited for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The historic Cherokee and Choctaw lived here at the time of European encounter, with the Cherokee moving in after the American Revolutionary War and in response to pressures from northern area. Their settlements in Alabama were known as the Lower Towns.