Trussville, Alabama

Trussville is a city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties in the State of Alabama. A suburb of Birmingham, Trussville's estimated 2014 population was 20,702.

Trussville has been recognized as one of the most liveable cities in the state and country. It was named one of the ten best towns in Alabama for young families, listed among the five best Birmingham suburbs, and included in Money magazine's list of 100 best places to live in America.

Geography

Trussville is located at 33°37′18″N 86°35′47″W / 33.62167°N 86.59639°W / 33.62167; -86.59639 (33.621623, -86.596404).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.2 square miles (57 km²), of which 22.2 square miles (57 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (0.27%) is water.

History

Early Settlement

The first European settler to establish residence in the area was Warren Truss, who entered the area with his brothers and constructed a grist mill on the Cahaba River in 1821. Truss was a North Carolina man of English descent. Trussville remained an agricultural community until after the Civil War, when the Alabama-Chattanooga Railway was built through the city. By 1886 a blast furnace was built on what is now the site of the new Cahaba Elementary School. Trussville was listed as an incorporated community on the 1890 and 1900 U.S. Census rolls. At some point after 1900 until its reincorporation in 1947, it did not appear on census records.