FACTS
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The population
of Montgomery is approximately 198,309 (1998). The approximate
number of families is 76,636 (1990).
The distance from Montgomery to Washington DC is 704 statute miles.
The distance to the Alabama state capital is statute miles. (Statute
miles are "as the crow flies")
Montgomery is positioned 32.35 degrees north of the equator and
86.28 degrees west of the prime meridian.
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 Location
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Montgomery
location: at the crossroads of Interstate 65 and Interstate 85,
near the middle of the state. It is 88 miles to Birmingham and
163 miles to Atlanta, Georgia.
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Climate
& Weather
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The weather
in Montgomery is mild. Cool and comfortable is the year-round
byword for weather in Montgomery. Sweaters and jackets may be
needed in the winter.
Montgomery average annual snowfall is 0.3 inches per year.
Montgomery average temperature is 65.6 degrees F.
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History
& History Related Items
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Hernando de
Soto claimed this area for Spain in 1540. French settlers came
in 1717 when they established Fort Toulouse. Within a short time,
many new residents came and settlements of East Alabama and New
Philadelphia grew up, merging in 1819 to form the city of Montgomery.
Montgomery was chosen in 1846 to be the state capital. In 1861,
Jefferson Davis was sworn in as the president of the Confederacy
in Montgomery.
This is also the place where Rosa Parks helped to usher in a time
of great social change. 1965 was the time when Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. finished his Selma to Montgomery march on the state
capital steps.
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COMMERCE
AND ECONOMY
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The area has
many firsts to its name, including the first electric streetcar
system in 1886. The nation's first flight school for powered planes
was established in 1910 by the Wright Brothers.
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