Cardiff, Alabama

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Cardiff, Alabama
settlement_type = Town


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map_caption = Location in Jefferson County and the state of Alabama


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Alabama
subdivision_name2 = Jefferson
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area_total_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 0.2
area_land_km2 = 0.5
area_land_sq_mi = 0.2
area_water_km2 = 0
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elevation_ft = 358
elevation_m = 109
population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 82
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population_density_km2 = 164
population_density_sq_mi = 410
timezone = Central (CST)
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latd = 33 |latm = 38 |lats = 43 |latNS = N
longd = 86 |longm = 55 |longs = 58 |longEW = W
timezone_DST = CDT
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postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 35041
area_code = 205
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blank_info = 01-12040
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Cardiff is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 82. It is named after the capital of Wales.

Geography

Cardiff is located at coor dms|33|38|43|N|86|55|59|W|city (33.645384, -86.932965)GR|1. on Five Mile Creek, a tributary of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River. It is immediately downstream of Brookside. The region is part of the Cumberland Plateau, with shallow but deeply incised stream valleys dissecting sedimentary rock, including significant seams of bituminous coal.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 82 people, 33 households, and 26 families residing in the town. The population density was 401.3 people per square mile (158.3/km²). There were 38 housing units at an average density of 186.0/sq mi (73.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 93.90% White and 6.10% Black or African American.

There were 33 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $34,107, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $28,906 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,067. There were 5.6% of families and 8.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

History

Coal mining was the historical basis of the economy. The town, for years the smallest incorporated town in the State of Alabama, declined with the decline of underground coal mining and the rise of strip mining. The epochal flood of May 2003 destroyed a number of buildings in that part of Cardiff close to Five Mile Creek.

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