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Country
  
United States

County
  
Jefferson

GNIS feature ID
  
122460

Local time
  
Thursday 7:25 AM

State
  
Alabama

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
155 m

Area code
  
Area code 205

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Weather
  
-1°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 74% Humidity

Mc Calla (often shortened to McCalla) is an unincorporated community in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama, United States, southwest of Bessemer and the geographic terminus of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Map of McCalla, AL 35111, USA

The community is named for Richard Calvin McCalla, a well known civil engineer, who served as chief engineer of several railroads throughout the South, including the Alabama and Chattanooga, the Tuscaloosa and Northern and the Knoxville and Ohio. He also served as surveyor of many of the rivers throughout the South.

Recreation

Tannehill State Park features a 19th-century blast furnace, the Iron and Steel Museum of Alabama, various historical buildings, rustic cabins, and a campground. The park also has a slave cemetery. The park is home to several festivals throughout the year, including the Southern Appalachian Dulcimer Festival, the Down Home Psaltery Festival, archery tournaments, a civil war reenactment, and other events.

Schools

The McCalla area is served by McAdory Elementary, McAdory Middle and McAdory High schools.

Notable people

  • Morris Higginbotham, head football coach for several high schools in the Birmingham area.
  • Bo Jackson was raised in McCalla and went through the McAdory school system where he set state records in multiple sports. He is an American former professional baseball and football player and is the only athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports.
  • Sherri Martel, known as Sensational Sherri, was a professional wrestling valet who died in McCalla
  • Chad Smith, Pitcher for the Miami Marlins organization
  • References

    McCalla, Alabama Wikipedia