Community Luverne County Crenshaw State Alabama MSA N/A Incorporated Yes Foreign Trade Zone No Enterprise Zone No
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Area of State: SouthCentral Latitude: 31:44:15 Longitude: 86:15:45
Distance From: Atlanta: 225 Birmingham: 144 Huntsville: 224 Mobile: 169 Memphis: 290 Nashville: 314 Montgomery: 45 Tampa: New Orleans: Jacksonville
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Year: 2001 Current Population 2000 Census 1990 Census City: 2556 2635 2555 County: 13667 13665 13635 MSA: Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius):100213 Households in county: 5462 Income: Per Capita: $ 15656 Average Household: $ 38800 Median Household: $ 26305
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 66° 46° 83° Avg. Annual Precipitation: 52 inches Altitude: 366 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds: 6 MPH, N
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School system: Crenshaw County Schools For school year: 2000-2001 No. Teacher/Student Elementary: 1 1/17 Middle/Junior: 0 High school: 1 Vocational Tech: 1 1/13 Private/parochial: Total HS Graduates/yr: 76 Enrollment: 2387 Spending Per Pupil: $5406.84 Nearest Post-secondary education: Vocational tech: McArthur State Technical College Location: Opp, Alabama Miles From City: Custom curriculum: Yes Two-year college: Lurleen B. Wallace State Jr. College Location: Andalusia, Alabama Miles From City: University: Troy State University Location: Troy, Alabama Miles From City:
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City County Type of Government: Mayor/ City Council County Commission Land Use Regulations Zoning Ordinances: Yes Subdivision regulations
with design standards:Planning commissions:
Garbage Collection: Yes Public Library: Yes Yes No of volumes:
28000 N/A Fire Protection Full time personnel:
1 Volunteers:
24 Fire Insurance Rating:
5 Fire Protection
for industry outside city limits:Yes Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
15 Patrol Cars:
7 Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits:Yes Emergency Medical Service Paramedics:
Yes 911 or E911:
Yes
Highways Serving Community Interstate Federal State Highway Miles to Highway Miles to Highway Miles to 65 27 29 0 10 0 331 0
Railroad Service Piggyback Service: Intermodal Facilities:
Waterways Conecuh River Miles to River: Navigable: No Channel Depth: 9 feet Nearest Port Facility: Montgomery St. Docks: 50 miles
Air service Municipal Service: Luverne Municipal Airport Longest runway: 4600 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: Yes Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes Nearest commercial service: Montgomery, Alabama Distance: 45 mi. Major carriers Delta Atlantic Southeast Northwest Airlink USAirways Express No. of daily commercial flights: 20
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Motor Freight Service Area: Total carriers: 48 states: Southeast only: Alabama only: Carriers with
local terminals:Less than truckload? Bus service: Greyhound and Trailways Parcel Service: UPS, Federal Express, Purolator
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Suppliers Distributors Electricity Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Electric Board of Luverne Natural Gas SE Alabama Gas District SE Alabama Gas District Water City of Luverne Capacity: 1.4 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 0.5 MGD Peak Consumption: 0.6 MGD Storage Capacity: 0.62 MGD Source: Deep Wells Type: NA Planned facilities: Sanitation City of Luverne Sewage treatment
plant type:Lagoon Capacity: 0.45 MGD Present load: Sanitary sewer coverage: 95% Sewer use charge? Storm sewer coverage: 65% Solid waste disposal: Sanitary Landfill Planned facilities: Fuel oil: Locally Coal: Brilliant & Jasper LP Gas: Locally
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Local telephone provider: GTE Switching: Fiber optics? Yes DSL? Yes Mobile Service? Yes Long distance provider: GTE AT&T BellSouth MCI Post office classification: First Newspapers Daily 0 Weekly 0 The Luverne Journal The Montgomery Advertiser The Birmingham News Radio Stations: AM 0 FM 0 Television stations: Local: 0 Cable service: 1 Provider Channels:
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No. Beds Hospitals: 1 65 Clinics: 5 Physicians: 5 Dentists: 2 Nearest regional
medical facility:Troy, Alabama Distance: 24 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels Motels 2 40 Restaurants: 6 Meeting rooms: Yes Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest Churches & synagogues Protestant 11 Catholic 1 Jewish 0
Country clubs? Yes Golf courses? Yes Movie theatres? No Tennis courts? Yes Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes Health clubs? No Parks? Yes Skating rinks? No Amateur theatres? Yes Other facilities: Multi-purpose Center Farm Center Nearest State Park: Frank Jackson Distance: 30 miles Nearest Public Lake: Crenshaw County Lake Distance: 2 miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 2000 Rate/$1,000 Assess. ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $ 5.00 20% $ 1.00 County: $ 29.50 20% $ 5.90 $ 5.90 State: $ 6.50 20% $ 1.30 $ 1.30 Total: $ 41.00 $ 8.20 $ 7.20 Above figures include 11.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits Tax General Rate Sales Use Machinery City: 1.0% 1.0% 0.25% County: 3.0% 3.0% 2.0% State: 4.0% 4.0% 1.5% County tax may vary within city limits Income/occupational tax City occupational: % County occupational: 0.0% State corporate: 5.0% State individual*: 2.0% Minimum 5.0% Maximum *Deduction allowed for Federal Income Tax
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Number of manufacturers: 41 Total manufacturing employment: 496 Largest employers Firm Product/Service Employment Bailey Wood Products, Inc. Sawmill 10-20 Baptist Crenshaw Hospital Health Care 50 Browder Veneer, Inc. Veneer Manufacturer 100 Dozier Lumber Mfg. Co. Sawmill 41-50 Godwin Materials Trucking Firm 100 Harris & Sons, Inc. Logging Contractor 6-10 Hick' s, Inc. Wholesale Sporting Goods Distr. 100-150 Kennedy Logging Co. Logging 15-20 National Corporation Men's Pants 151-200 Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls 251-300
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Labor Force Total: 5370 Labor Force Participation Male: 52.6% Female: 47.4% Minority: 23.5% Employment: 4960 Unemployment: 410 Unemployment rate: 7.7%
Jim Brook Executive Director
P.O. Box 4
Luverne, AL 36049
Phone: (334)335-4468
Fax: (334)335-4469
Email: dmi@troycable.net Return to table