Cardiff, Alabama

• 2010 legislative elections: John Hilliard to run for Alabama House District 60
  

  Former state Rep. John Hilliard of Birmingham announced his candidacy today for the Democratic nomination for District 60 in the Alabama House of Representatives.

• Pit Bull Attacks 5 Year Old in Cardiff
  

  The attack happened Saturday at 209 Maple Street in Cardiff, a five year old was bitten several times by a yellow pit bull in his own yard.

• Five-year-old Jefferson County boy recovering from pit bull attack
  

  A Cardiff boy is recovering today at Children's Hospital after being seriously injured Saturday in a pit bull attack.

City Description

Cardiff is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 82. It is named after the capital of Wales. It is one of four Jefferson County cities named after cities in Great Britain, the others being Birmingham, Leeds and Brighton. Cardiff is located at 33°38′43″N 86°55′59″W / 33.64528°N 86.93306°W / 33.64528; -86.93306 (33.645384, -86.932965). on Five Mile Creek, a tributary of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River. It is immediately downstream of Brookside. The region is part of the Cumberland Plateau, with shallow but deeply incised stream valleys dissecting sedimentary rock, including significant seams of bituminous coal. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 82 people, 33 households, and 26 families residing in the town. The population density was 401.3 people per square mile (158.3/km²). There were 38 housing units at an average density of 186.0/sq mi (73.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 93.90% White and 6.10% Black or African American. There were 33 households out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Jefferson County
• Alabama

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 0.517997622067 km squared

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