Centre, Alabama

• Centre Lions Club's Pancake Day Saturday
  

  The Centre Lions Club's 2010 Pancake Day is set for Saturday at the Recreational Outreach Center at the intersection of Alabama Highway 9 and the U.S. Highway 411 Chesnut Bypass.

• Legislators consider shortening school year
  

  The financial crisis facing Alabama state government could mean a longer summer vacation for Fort Payne City and DeKalb County school children.

• Centre, Ala. resident, DA enters Circuit Judge race
  

  Centre resident and former Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Taylor announced his candidacy for Circuit Judge of Cherokee and DeKalb Counties.

• Bynum returns to home church
  

  Though he only lives walking distance from where he now works, the Rev. Hoyt Bynum Sr.

• Lockridge has lifelong love of learning, teaching
  

  CHEROKEE COUNTY ELEMENTARY NOMINEE. Jennifer Lockridge, a first grade teacher at Centre Elementary School, has been named Cherokee Countya s nominee for Alabama Teacher of the Year.

• Manning and Leach take top honors at Cherokee County Spelling Bee
  

  Superintendent Brian Johnson congratulates Corin Manning, first place winner of the 2010 Cherokee County Spelling Bee.

• New industry coming to DeKalb
  

  A new industry will soon be operating in Ider. Metal Works, LLC, a metal fabrication company, is expected to be up and running by early April, said Ider Mayor Brad Hannah.

• Board of Education approves Textbook Adoption Committee
  

  The Cherokee County Board of Education, during its Tuesday, Jan. 6 meeting, approved the 2009-2010 Textbook Adoption Committee.

• Beloved bike-riding homeless man struck by car in Alexandria; remains critical
  

  A homeless bike rider was struck by a vehicle Saturday afternoon in Alexandria and was airlifted to UAB Hospital, where he remained in critical condition on Tuesday, the Gadsden Times reports.

• Conservancy buys land near Alabama preserve
  

  CENTRE - The Nature Conservancy has bought 2,186 acres near the Little River Canyon National Preserve.

• Area blood drives scheduled for January
  

  The American Red Cross has listed dates and times for upcoming blood drives in the area.

• Applications accepted for youth conference
  

  Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. The American Legion Auxiliary is accepting applications for the Americanism Youth Conference at Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa.

• Anniston Star - Fort Hood Massacre
  

  There's a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood mass murderer, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army had a duty to act - before he did.

• Christmas open house from The Piedmont Journal
  

  The Piedmont Business Council will sponsor a "Christmas Open House" on Saturday, December 5th from noon to 5 p.m. in the downtown area of Piedmont.

• The Piedmont Journal - Young mulls over run for House seat.
  

  Mayor Brian Young has yet to decide if he will make a run for the vacant seat left by Alabama House District 40 Rep.

• Riding for the Red
  

  READY TO RIDE: Motorcycle riders listened to last minute instructions from Ride for the Red organizer Chad Steed.

• Blanchard bombs Ashville, helps keep Cherokee County unbeaten
  

  CENTRE a ' Coty Blanchard has come up with big performances before for the Cherokee County Warriors, but on Friday night against Ashville, he was close to passing perfection.

• Man found guilty of drug distribution
  

  CENTRE, Ala. a ' A Cherokee County jury has found 51-year-old Michael Lynn Lyons of Sand Rock guilty on a drug distribution charge.

• Worship Guide
  

  Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 2:03 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. Local services * Morningstar Baptist Church, 1311 Fourth St., N.W., Attalla - 3 p.m. Sunday, the 12th anniversary of the pastor, the Rev.

City Description

Centre is a city in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,216. The city is the county seat of Cherokee County, and is part of the 'Gadsden, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area'. Cherokee County was created on January 9, 1836 and was named for the Cherokee Indians who once lived in the area. The famous Cherokee chief Pathkiller lived in Turkeytown near the present day town of Centre. In 1836 the newly founded town of Cedar Bluff became the county seat, but in 1884 the county seat was moved to the more centrally located town of Centre. The name was chosen, and carries the old English spelling, because of this central location in the county. Centre is located at 34°9'33.052" North, 85°40'29.071" West (34.159181, -85.674742). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.1 square miles (29 km) of which 11.0 square miles (28 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) is water.. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,216 people, 1,324 households, and 877 families residing in the city. The population density was 293.2 inhabitants per square mile (113.2 /km). There were 1,515 housing units at an average density of

City Contained By:

• Cherokee County
• Alabama
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 28.7488680247 km squared

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