Hobson City, Alabama
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Hobson City, Alabama is a small historic town in Calhoun County known as one of the first self-governed African American municipalities in the United States.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Anniston, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oxford, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode |
256
ⓘ
938 ⓘ |
| classification | small town ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Southern United States ⓘ |
| county | Calhoun County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic | majority-Black community ⓘ |
| ethnoHistoricalContext | post-Reconstruction African American community ⓘ |
| FIPSStateCode | 01 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureClass | civil ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCulturalIdentity | African American community ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic African American civic institutions
ⓘ
predominantly African American local government ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance |
African American political autonomy in the Jim Crow era
ⓘ
early Black self-governed municipality in the Deep South ⓘ |
| hasLocalExecutive | mayor of Hobson City ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | Hobson City town council ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | incorporated town ⓘ |
| isHistoric | true ⓘ |
| isHistoricAfricanAmericanTown | true ⓘ |
| isInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInRegion | Calhoun County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMunicipalityOfType | town in Alabama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
African American self-governance
ⓘ
being one of the first self-governed African American municipalities in the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Calhoun County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| majorityPopulationGroup | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Richmond P. Hobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anniston–Oxford metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Calhoun County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | self-governed municipality ⓘ |
| postalCodeType | ZIP code ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Alabama ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CDT ⓘ |
| timeZoneStandard | CST ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Calhoun County, Alabama