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Siluria, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°13′45″N 86°49′30″W / 33.22917°N 86.82500°W / 33.22917; -86.82500
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Shelby
Elevation	492 ft (150 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	35144
Area code(s)	205, 659
GNIS feature ID	126847

Siluria is a former town and now a neighborhood in Alabaster, Alabama, United States, located in Shelby County in the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. It was the home of a large cotton mill and company-built mill village which began operations in 1896 and finally closed in 1979. It was incorporated on May 25, 1954, but was later annexed by Alabaster in May 1971. It is named for the Silurian geological period because of rocks found there. A post office was established in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.

Demographics

Notable people

• Jim Davenport, born in Siluria, major league baseball player
• Willie Kirkland, born in Siluria, major league baseball player
• Cathy O'Donnell, born Ann Steely in Siluria, actress, on July 6, 1923

References

1. "Siluria ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
2. "Siluria". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Boundary and Annexation Survey. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. January 1, 1975.
4. "Profile for Siluria, Alabama, AL". ePodunk. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
5. "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
6. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
7. ^ Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) . The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
8. "Cathy O'Donnell". IMDb. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

External links

• Ancestry.com: Siluria Cotton Mill Company

v t e Municipalities and communities of Shelby County, Alabama, United States
County seat: Columbiana
Cities	Alabaster Birmingham‡ Calera‡ Chelsea Columbiana Helena‡ Hoover‡ Leeds‡ Montevallo Pelham Vestavia Hills‡ Vincent‡ Westover
Towns	Harpersville Indian Springs Village Wilsonville Wilton
CDPs	Brantleyville Brook Highland Dunnavant Eagle Point Highland Lakes Meadowbrook Pea Ridge Shelby Shoal Creek Sterrett Vandiver
Other unincorporated communities	Abbot Springs Acton Aldrich Arkwright Calcis Cloverdale Fourmile Inverness Maylene Nelson Ryan Saginaw Siluria
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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