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Welcome to Key to the City's page for Cleveland Blount County, Alabama Zip Code The Alabama state capital is Montgomery. What would you like to know about Cleveland Statistics & Facts Location History & History-related items Cleveland Government Cleveland Schools. Zip Codes 35049 Return to Index Statistics & Facts The population of Cleveland is approximately 739 (1990). The approximate number of families is 303 (1990). The amount of land area in Cleveland is 10.96 sq. kilometers. The amount of surface water is 0.128 sq kilometers. The distance from Cleveland to Washington DC is 652 miles. The distance to the Alabama state capital is 114 miles. (as the crow flies) Cleveland is positioned 33.99 degrees north of the equator and 86.57 degrees west of the prime meridian. Return to Index Location Cleveland location: northeast of Birmingham in central Alabama. Return to Index History & History Related Items Cleveland history: Cleveland was first populated in the 1850's and the first commercial business started in 1874. The town name then was Dry Creek Cross Roads. The first business was a store owned by Nute Morris and opened in 1874. The Post Office was about 1 1/2 miles north of the cross roads and named Anderton. Dr. John Bellenger was the first Postmaster, Town Doctor and member of the Alabama State Legislature. By the year 1900, Cleveland was the center of commerce in this area. In 1912, The first bank in Blount county was established in Cleveland, "The Farmers National Bank". It later moved to Oneonta and the name Changed to The Merchants Bank. Later sold to the State National Chain and presently is a Compass branch in Oneonta. For 12 years Cleveland was home to a work camp of convicts leased from the penal system by the Highway department. They build Highway 231 from Arab to Pell City. During the depression, Mr. Huston Blackwood built a plant in Cleveland to manufacture heads for nail kegs to sell to TCI for use at their Nail Plant in Fairfield, Alabama. The plant employed about 25 men and Mr. Blackwood had a company store and Houses for most of the employees. The people faired rough during this period of history and depended on business people to help support them with jobs and housing. There was mush farming in the area during the first half of this century. Several years the cotton gin in Cleveland would gin over 3,000 bales of cotton per year. (This portion of Cleveland history was taken from a book written by Eldridge J. Bynum in 1988) Although Cleveland was incorporated in the early 1900's, it did not function as a town. The incorporation was reinstated in 1964. At one time, Cleveland was the center of trade in Blount County, selling hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods. Return to Index Contribute information free or for a small service charge for this community or any other community in the USA Be sure to include the name of the community and its state when contacting Key to the City as you are NOT directly contacting this community. Learn how to advertise on Key to the City Choose a new community in the state of Alabama To go to a new state, choose the States page To choose another state, go to the State page. Return to the Top USA City Directory and US City Resource Guide - Key to the City Thanks for visiting Key to the City. Come back again! We'll leave the light on for you! The information on Key to the City is from multiple sources including government, commerce, libraries, individuals and organizations. There is no guarantee of the accuracy or timeliness of the information presented on these pages, therefore, please use at your own risk. Custom Search

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