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Notable locations in Centre: Cherokee County Courthouse (A), Centre City Hall (B), Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center (C), Centre Volunteer Fire Department (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Cherokee Plaza Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Centre include: Centre Church (A), First Baptist Church of Centre (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Pratt Cemetery (1), Garrett Cemetery (2), Centre Cemetery (3), Neal Hill Cemetery (4), Cherokee Memory Gardens (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Centre include: Centre City Park (1), Ethel Morrison Memorial Park (2), Windom Ball Field (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Cherokee Historical Museum (101 East Main Street) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
Hotels: Bay Springs Motel (130 County Road 112) (1), Centre Motel (1401 West Main Street) (2), Witt's Inn Lakeside Bed & Breakfast & DaySpa (1154 Co Rd 212) (3). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: Judge Grimes Circuit Court (102 Main) (1), Cherokee County Courthouse - District Court (100 Main) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Cherokee County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 34.7. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 24.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 20.6 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.6. This is about average. Closest monitor was 19.0 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Centre and their reported violations in the past:
CENTRE WATER & SEWER BOARD (Address: 130 SOUTH RIVER STREET  , Population served: 5250, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between APR-1997 and JUN-1997, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-24-1997), St Public Notif received (JUL-09-1997), St Compliance achieved (SEP-02-1997)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 24.0%
(18.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 68.5% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.2 people | | Alabama: |  2.4 people |
| This city: | 61.7% | | Whole state: | 68.7% |
| This city: | 1.5% | | Whole state: | 3.4% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Centre, AL
People in group quarters in Centre:
- 164 people in nursing homes
- 74 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
Centre compared to Alabama state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Centre (2011 data):
- Regions Bank: Centre Main Office at 110 West Main Street, branch established on 1906/10/23. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $123,368.2 mil, Deposits: $98,301.3 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1778 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- Generations Bank: at 1285 Chestnut Bypass, branch established on 2008/10/06. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $64.1 mil, Deposits: $56.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Altrust Financial Services, Inc.
- The Southern Bank Company: 390 West Main Street Branch at 390 West Main Street, branch established on 1960/08/05. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $101.8 mil, Deposits: $74.6 mil, headquarters in Gadsden, AL, negative income in the last year, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Southern Banc Company, Inc., The
- Woodforest National Bank: Al Centre Branch at 1950 W Main Street, branch established on 2009/07/18. Info updated 2011/05/10: Bank assets: $3,488.9 mil, Deposits: $3,097.6 mil, headquarters in Houston, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 766 total offices, Holding Company: Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (With 401(K) Provisions) (Amended And
- First Southern State Bank: West Main Street Branch at 201 West Main Street, branch established on 1917/12/15. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $331.3 mil, Deposits: $285.1 mil, headquarters in Stevenson, AL, positive income, 8 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancshares Of Stevenson, Inc.
- Union State Bank: Northwood Drive Branch at Highway 68 And Northwood Drive, branch established on 1985/09/23. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $274.5 mil, Deposits: $250.5 mil, headquarters in Pell City, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Union Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Cherokee County Alabama:
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Religion statistics for Centre (based on Cherokee County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 52.58%
| Here | | 52.6% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
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| Adherents | 79.1% | 16.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
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| Congregations | 61.3% | 27.5% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 3.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | Cherokee County: | 1.63 / 10,000 pop. | | Alabama: | 1.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.41 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.20 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 14 | Cherokee County: | 5.71 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.32 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 14 | Here: | 5.71 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 13.3% | | Alabama: | 11.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Cherokee County: | 30.7% | | Alabama: | 31.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 14.3% | | State: | 13.5% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $7,348 | $29,392 | 1 | $691 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $2,491 | $14,946 | 6 | $899 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $1,722 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
10 | $24,128 | $28,954 | 2 | $2,190 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $2,216 | $26,592 | 1 | $1,043 |
| Firefighters |
1 | $2,936 | $35,232 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
9 | $18,817 | $25,089 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
4 | $7,107 | $21,321 | 14 | $1,596 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $396 |
| Totals for Government |
30 | $65,043 | $26,017 | 28 | $8,537 |
Centre government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $264,000 ($75.64)
Parks & Recreation: $6,000 ($1.72)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $414,000 ($118.62)
Financial Administration: $408,000 ($116.91)
Regular Highways: $398,000 ($114.04)
Solid Waste Management: $132,000 ($37.82)
Parks & Recreation: $76,000 ($21.78)
Fire Protection: $63,000 ($18.05)
General - Other: $57,000 ($16.33)
- General - Interest on Debt: $5,000 ($1.43)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $41,000 ($11.75)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $25,000 ($7.16)
Interest Earnings: $9,000 ($2.58)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $15,000 ($4.30)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $199,000 ($57.02)
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $102,000 ($29.23)
End of Fiscal Year: $21,000 ($6.02)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $148,000 ($42.41)
All Other: $3,000 ($0.86)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $701,000 ($200.86)
NEC: $231,000 ($66.19)
Property: $105,000 ($30.09)
Motor Vehicle License: $25,000 ($7.16)
Other Selective Sales: $23,000 ($6.59)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $682,000 ($195.42)
6.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,456 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.67% | | Alabama average: | 6.81% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,802 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.57% | | Alabama average: | 6.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Centre:
- WEIS (990 AM; 1 kW; CENTRE, AL; Owner: BAKER ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WZTQ (1560 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CENTRE, AL; Owner: RADIO CENTRE, INC.)
- WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
- WAAX (570 AM; 5 kW; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WQRX (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VALLEY HEAD, AL; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
- WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WZOB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FORT PAYNE, AL; Owner: CENTRAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Centre:
- WRHY (105.9 FM; CENTRE, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WQSB (105.1 FM; ALBERTVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WLJS-FM (91.9 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES/JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WGMZ (93.1 FM; GLENCOE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJCK (88.3 FM; PIEDMONT, AL; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- W215BA (90.9 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WTBJ (91.3 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
- WTBB (89.9 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
- WKCX (97.7 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: BRIAR CREEK BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WQTU (102.3 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: MCDOUGALD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WSGN (91.5 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- W212AR (90.3 FM; LINDALE, GA; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WVOK-FM (97.9 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: WOODARD BROADCASTING CO. INC.)
- WATG (95.7 FM; TRION, GA; Owner: TTA BROADCASTING, INC)
- WBDX (102.7 FM; TRENTON, GA; Owner: PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WKXX (102.9 FM; ATTALLA, AL; Owner: BROADCAST MEDIA LLC)
- WCKS (102.7 FM; FRUITHURST, AL; Owner: WCKS, INC.)
- WKEA-FM (98.3 FM; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Centre:
- WPXH (Channel 44; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W64BJ (Channel 64; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Centre, Alabama:
- Fatal accident count: 25
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 43
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 26
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 68
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 3
Alabama average:
- Fatal accident count: 100
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 156
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 26
- Fatalities: 110
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 257
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 9
See more detailed statistics of Centre fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 8 meters (26ft)
Total costs: $9,439,000
Total average daily traffic: 20,555
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,747
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 31,980
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Centre)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 27 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Centre, AL)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - WEIS Studio, 477 South Pratt Street (Lat: 34.150000 Lon: -85.685278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 72.5 m, Overall height: 73.1 m, Call Sign: WQKW318
Assigned Frequencies: 950.500 MHz
Grant Date: 10/05/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2012, Certifier: Jerry Baker
Registrant: Graham Brock, Inc., St. Simons Island, GA 31522-7466, Phone: (912) 638-8028, Fax: (912) 638-7722, Email:
- CENTRE, 602 East Main Street (Lat: 34.149528 Lon: -85.673000), Overall height: 35.1 m, Call Sign: WLL971
Assigned Frequencies: 6404.79 MHz
Grant Date: 02/21/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancellation Date: 10/11/2001
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Fax: (202) 828-1868, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 56 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Centre)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 22 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Centre)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Centre, AL
| Most common first names in Centre, AL among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| James | 86 | 72.0 years |
| Mary | 79 | 73.6 years |
| John | 73 | 73.5 years |
| William | 66 | 75.5 years |
| Robert | 62 | 70.9 years |
| Charles | 45 | 66.8 years |
| Annie | 35 | 79.6 years |
| Willie | 34 | 76.3 years |
| Thomas | 33 | 73.3 years |
| George | 30 | 72.2 years |
| Most common last names in Centre, AL among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Davis | 49 | 76.0 years |
| Smith | 46 | 72.2 years |
| Jordan | 38 | 78.0 years |
| Johnson | 33 | 77.1 years |
| Green | 33 | 71.1 years |
| Roberts | 21 | 75.9 years |
| Ferguson | 21 | 77.2 years |
| Miller | 20 | 76.1 years |
| Grimes | 20 | 77.3 years |
| Abernathy | 19 | 80.9 years |
| Businesses in Centre, AL |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Burger King | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| CVS | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | Subway | 2 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| KFC | 1 | | UPS | 1 |
| Kmart | 1 | | Waffle House | 1 |
| Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
| McDonald's | 1 | | Wendy's | 1 |
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Florists"
- #51 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Life, physical, and social science technicians"
- #72 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Textile mills and textile products"
- #73 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in homes for the mentally ill"
- #74 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest ratio of murders to rapes between 2001 and 2006"
- #25 (35960) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of taxpayers using paid preparers for 2004 taxes (pop 5,000+)"
- #50 (35960) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of United States or American first ancestries (pop 5,000+)"
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