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Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 33,009. [1] Its county seat is Troy. [2] Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, who led an expedition to southern Colorado and encountered Pikes Peak in 1806. Pike County comprises the Troy, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Troy is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, [4] Alabama, United States. [2] It was formally incorporated on February 4, 1843. [5]Between 1763 and 1783, the area where Troy sits was part of the colony of British West Florida. [6]
Southeast Alabama is the term used to identify the southeastern counties in the U.S ... Enterprise, Alabama (pop. 28,000), Troy, Alabama (pop. 19,000) and Ozark ...
"The Sand Before Time” sponsor site at the 23rd Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Classic in 2023. This year's sponsor site theme will be “Sand Wars – May the Beach Be With You" in 2024.
The Sand Fort was constructed along the Federal Road and named for the sandy soil used in its construction. [7] Sources differ on when it was constructed, with some reporting it was built by General John Floyd and the Georgia Militia he commanded in 1814 as a rendezvous and supply depot during the Creek War, while others conclude it was constructed during the Creek War of 1836 by General ...
The Army Corps is currently spending $40 million to truck in 835,000 cubic yards of sand to restore about two miles of shoreline in Miami Beach, a project that will require tens of thousands of ...
In 2020, sand and gravel together made up 23% of all industrial mineral production in the U.S., with a total value of about $12.6 billion. Some 960 million tons of construction sand and gravel were produced. This greatly exceeds production of industrial sand and gravel (68 million tons), which is mostly sand rather than gravel. [25]
The Tallahatta Formation is a geologic formation found on the surface in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi.It is also located in the subsurface of Kentucky. [1] The Tallahatta formation is part of the Claiborne Group [2] and contains four members: the Basic City Shale in Mississippi, the Holy Springs Sand Member in Mississippi, the Meridian Sand Member in Alabama and Mississippi, and ...