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Center Point, Alabama

Center Point is a newly incorporated city and a former census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Area. At the 2000 census the population was 22,784. However, after its incorporation in 2002, the city's boundaries are much smaller than those of the CDP. As of the 2010 census, the population of the incorporated city was 16,921. The public high school for Center Point is Center Point High School.

Located at 33.6392, -86.6806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Cities in Alabama, Populated places in Jefferson County, Alabama, Former census-designated places in Alabama, Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area

Huffman High School

Huffman High School is a secondary school located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school colors are orange and green. The school's athletic teams are known as the Vikings. The first graduating class of Huffman High School [1970 1970] had to attend classes at another Birmingham high school [Woodlawn Woodlawn] until the Huffman buildings were completed during the 1966-67 school year. The name of the original school yearbook was the Valhalla.

Located at 33.613, -86.6814 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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High schools in Birmingham, Alabama, Educational institutions established in 1966, Public high schools in Alabama

Southern Museum of Flight

The Southern Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located three blocks east of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama. It features a valuable collection of aviation artifacts spanning the 20th century in the various areas of aviation. It explores eight decades of winged history with both military and civil aircraft.

Located at 33.5635, -86.7381 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Aerospace museums in Alabama, Museums in Birmingham, Alabama

Ruffner Mountain Park

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center is a 1,011 acres nature preserve located in the eastern portions of Jefferson County, Alabama near Birmingham's suburb, Irondale. The preserve includes a visitor center containing native Alabama animals including raptors, snakes, turtles and owls. The Ruffner Mountain area was home to iron ore mines and stone quarries, supplying the area's steel mills. When the mines played out in the 1950s, nature reclaimed the area.

Located at 33.5596, -86.7076 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Parks in Alabama, Nature centers in Alabama, Geography of Birmingham, Alabama, Protected areas of Jefferson County, Alabama, Nature reserves in Alabama

L. Frazier Banks Middle School

L. Frazier Banks Middle School (formerly Banks High School) was a former high school and middle school in the Birmingham Public School System in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The school, which was named for former superintendent L. Frazier Banks, occupied six buildings in a residential area of Birmingham's South East Lake neighborhood. The school was opened as a high school in 1957 and, at first, accepted only freshmen. The high school's first graduating class matriculated in 1961.

Located at 33.5708, -86.7075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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School buildings completed in 1957, High schools in Birmingham, Alabama, Defunct schools in Alabama

WXJC (AM)

WXJC (850 AM, "The Truth") is a radio station licensed to serve Birmingham, Alabama. The station is licensed to Kimtron, Inc. and owned by Crawford Broadcasting Company. It airs a Southern Gospel music and Talk radio format. The station has been assigned the WXJC call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since July 15, 2004.

Located at 33.6236, -86.7458 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Radio stations in Alabama, Christian radio stations in the United States, Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States, Talk radio stations in the United States, Radio stations established in 1946

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 was a regularly scheduled commercial flight between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama which crashed in the pre-dawn hours of January 6, 1946 while landing at Birmingham Municipal Airport, resulting in three fatalities. The accident is the only fatal recorded Part 121 (Air Carrier) accident at the airport.

Located at 33.5594, -86.7472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1946 in Alabama, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1946, Airliner accidents and incidents in Alabama, Capital Airlines accidents and incidents, Disasters in Alabama, History of Birmingham, Alabama

Center Point High School

Center Point High school is a public high school in Center Point, Alabama, serving grades 9-12 in the Jefferson County Board of Education (Alabama). Van Phillips is the principal, heading a faculty of 70 teachers responsible for instructing 1,216 students. The school replaces (and assumes the athletic history of) E.B. Erwin High School, which has been converted to a middle school.

Located at 33.645, -86.6993 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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High schools in Birmingham, Alabama, Public high schools in Alabama