Mulga, Alabama
Mulga, Alabama | |
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Location of Mulga in Jefferson County, Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 33°33′07″N 86°58′24″W / 33.55194°N 86.97333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Jefferson |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.87 sq mi (2.26 km2) |
| • Land | 0.86 sq mi (2.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 784 |
| • Density | 905.6/sq mi (349.67/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 35118 |
| Area codes | 205 & 659 |
| FIPS code | 01-52776 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2406218 |
Mulga is a town in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is north from the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. It includes the community of Bayview. Mulga was a company town operated by Birmingham Coal and Iron Company around the Mulga Mine and Mulga was also the name of an independent community in the area. The company town was incorporated in 1947.
As of the 2020 census, Mulga had a population of 784. Its communities were damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998. The town's name is possibly derived from the Creek word omalga meaning "all".
Coal has been mined in the area. Forty-one men died in a 1910 coal mine explosion.