Lincoln, Alabama
| Lincoln, Alabama | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Motto: "Come Grow With Us" | |
 Location in Talladega County and the state of Alabama |
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| Coordinates: 33°35′35″N 86°8′20″W / 33.59306°N 86.13889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Talladega |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.4 sq mi (55.5 km2) |
| • Land | 21.3 sq mi (55.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 502 ft (153 m) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 6,326 |
| • Density | 213.9/sq mi (82.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 35096 |
| Area code(s) | 205 256 |
| FIPS code | 01-43120 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0112832 |
| Website | http://www.lincolnalabama.com/ |
Lincoln is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1911. At the 2010 census the population was 6,266. It was named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War.
Lincoln is located at 33°35′35″N 86°8′20″W / 33.59306°N 86.13889°W (33.593156, -86.138879). It is home to Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, employing over 4,000 people. The famed Talladega Superspeedway race track is located near the city.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.5 square miles (56 km2), of which 21.3 square miles (55 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.61%) is water.
Lincoln has three public schools in the Talladega County Board of Education, Lincoln Elementary School, Charles R. Drew Middle School, and Lincoln High School, Home of The Golden Bears. The first graduate of Lincoln High School was the famous Cities Service Company CEO Burl S. Watson, who graduated from LHS in 1912.
The Birmingham Supplementary School Inc. (BSS, バーミングハム日本語補習校 Bāminguhamu Nihongo Hoshūkō), a part-time Japanese school, has its offices at the Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC facility in unincorporated Talladega County, near Lincoln. It holds its classes at the Shelby-Hoover campus of Jefferson State Community College in Hoover. The school first opened on September 1, 2001.
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