Facts About Alabaster
- The estimated population of Alabaster is 33,284 as of the 2020 census, making Alabaster the 16th largest city in Alabama.
- Alabama has a total area of 25.6 square miles, of which 25.3 square miles is land and 0.3 square miles is water.
- Alabaster was founded in 1925 by Joseph E. Walker, who established the area’s first retail business.
- Alabaster was named after the “white calcium carbonate mineral” that was mined here.
- The First Bank of Alabaster opened in 1952, and its president was George L. Scott Jr., who later was elected as the first mayor of Alabaster.
- After a failed attempt in 1952 and again in January 1953, Alabaster was incorporated as a city on the 23rd of February 1953.
- In 2015, the city announced that it was considering options to expand the area commonly known as the “Main Street Medical Mile” along Highway 31.
- Alabaster is a city and southern suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama,
- Alabaster is located at 33°13′52″N 86°49′26″W
- The town’s median household income was $80,871, and the per capita income was $33,555.
