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  1. 73 relations: Alabama, Alabama Senate, American Civil War, Ammonia, Ammonium nitrate, Atlanta, Barton Hall (Alabama), Barton, Alabama, Bobby E. Denton, Buzzard Roost, Alabama, Census, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Cherokee High School (Alabama), Cherokee Middle School, Chickasaw Nation, Colbert County Schools, Colbert County, Alabama, Coonhound, Covered bridge, Dominique Croom, Federal Information Processing Standards, Ferry, Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area, Geographic Names Information System, George Colbert, Huntsville, Alabama, Iuka, Mississippi, Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, Lee Highway, Levi Colbert, Limestone, List of counties in Alabama, List of sovereign states, Magnesium, Marriage, Mayor, Mayor–council government, Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Memphis, Tennessee, Mesaba Airlines, Mississippi, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Natchez Trace Parkway, National Football League, National Park Service, Norfolk Southern Railway, Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, Per capita income, Pickwick Lake, Pickwick Landing Dam, ... Expand index (23 more) »

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Alabama Senate

The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.

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Ammonium nitrate

Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Barton Hall (Alabama)

Barton Hall, also known as the Cunningham Plantation, is an antebellum plantation house near present-day Cherokee, Alabama.

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Barton, Alabama

Barton, also known as Barton Station, Barton Depot, or Barton's, is an unincorporated community located in western Colbert County, Alabama, United States.

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Bobby E. Denton

Bobby E. Denton is a former Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, who represented the 1st District since 1978, and was the Dean of the Senate, an honorary title.

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Buzzard Roost, Alabama

Buzzard Roost is an unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.

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Cherokee High School (Alabama)

Cherokee High School is located in Cherokee, Alabama and serves the western portion of Colbert County as part of the Colbert County School system. Cherokee, Alabama and Cherokee High School (Alabama) are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Cherokee Middle School

Cherokee Middle School was located at the eastern limits of Cherokee, Alabama on the north side of County Road 20. Cherokee, Alabama and Cherokee Middle School are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Chickasaw Nation

The Chickasaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States.

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Colbert County Schools

Colbert County Schools is the school system serving Colbert County, Alabama.

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Colbert County, Alabama

Colbert County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Cherokee, Alabama and Colbert County, Alabama are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Coonhound

A coonhound, colloquially a coon dog, is a type of scenthound, a member of the hound group.

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Covered bridge

A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure.

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Dominique Croom

Dominique Croom (born April 26, 1991) is a former American football wide receiver.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Ferry

A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.

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Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area

The Florence–Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area, commonly known as “The Shoals”, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Alabama including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, and the counties of Lauderdale and Colbert.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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George Colbert

George Colbert (November 7, 1839) was an early 19th-century Chickasaw leader.

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Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Iuka, Mississippi

Iuka is a city in and the county seat of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.

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Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard

The Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard is a specialized and restricted pet cemetery and memorial in rural Colbert County, Alabama, US. Cherokee, Alabama and Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Lee Highway

The Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the United States, connecting New York City and San Francisco, California, via the South and Southwest.

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Levi Colbert

Levi Colbert (c. 1759June 2, 1834) was an early 19th-century Chickasaw leader and the namesake of Itawamba County, Mississippi.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of counties in Alabama

The U.S. state of Alabama has 67 counties.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mayor–council government

A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.

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Memphis and Charleston Railroad

The Memphis and Charleston Railroad, completed in 1857, was the first railroad in the United States to link the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River. Cherokee, Alabama and Memphis and Charleston Railroad are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mesaba Airlines

Mesaba Aviation, Inc. (operating as Mesaba Airlines) was a regional airline in the United States that operated from 1944 until it merged with Pinnacle Airlines in 2012 to form Endeavor Air.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. Cherokee, Alabama and Muscle Shoals, Alabama are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway is a limited-access national parkway in the Southeastern United States that commemorates the historic Natchez Trace and preserves sections of that original trail.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States.

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Northwest Alabama Regional Airport

Northwest Alabama Regional Airport is a public-use airport located one mile east of Muscle Shoals, in Colbert County, Alabama. Cherokee, Alabama and Northwest Alabama Regional Airport are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Pickwick Lake

Pickwick Lake is the reservoir created by Pickwick Landing Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Cherokee, Alabama and Pickwick Lake are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Pickwick Landing Dam

Pickwick Landing Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Hardin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Plantation complexes in the Southern United States

Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Powder metallurgy (PM) is a term covering a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Railroad car

A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).

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Riverton Lock

Riverton Lock, also known as the Colbert Shoals Lock, was the entrance to Colbert Shoals Canal, a low water alternative route around Colbert and Bee Tree Shoals on the Tennessee River.

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Rosenwald School

The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century.

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SCA (company)

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA is a Swedish timber, pulp and paper manufacturer with headquarters in Sundsvall.

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Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter

The Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, located on private property in Colbert County in northwestern Alabama, United States, is one of the most important prehistoric sites excavated in the state due to the archeological evidence deposited by the Paleo-Indians who once occupied the rock shelter. Cherokee, Alabama and Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States.

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The Huntsville Times

The Huntsville Times was a thrice-weekly newspaper published in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Tuscumbia, Alabama

Tuscumbia is a city in, and the county seat of, Colbert County, Alabama, United States. Cherokee, Alabama and Tuscumbia, Alabama are Alabama placenames of Native American origin and Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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U.S. Route 72

U.S. Route 72 (US 72) is an east–west United States highway that travels for from southwestern Tennessee, throughout North Mississippi, North Alabama, and southeastern Tennessee. Cherokee, Alabama and U.S. Route 72 are Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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U.S. Steel

United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in Central Europe.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Wide receiver

A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football.

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2020

The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee,_Alabama

Also known as Cherokee Station, Cherokee Station, Alabama, Cherokee, AL, History of Cherokee, Alabama, UN/LOCODE:USCKG.

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