1881Government
== History ==
=== Founding and the Boll Weevil Monument ===
The founder of Enterprise, John Henry Carmichael, first settled there in 1881.
1896Government
In 1896, with 250 people having settled there, the city of Enterprise incorporated.
1898History
The Enterprise Ledger is published Tuesday–Friday and Sunday and has been in circulation since 1898.
1906History
By 1906, its population had grown to 3,750.
1915History
Enterprise's way of life came under threat in 1915.
1919Architecture
The Boll Weevil Monument was dedicated on December 11, 1919, as a reminder of how the city adjusted in the face of adversity.
1934Culture
== Point of interest ==
Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the...
1941Culture
Paul Theodore Arlt was an artist with the Section of Fine Arts and painted the post office mural, The Section, in the Enterprise post office in 1941.
1975Disaster
Hurricane Eloise (1975) and Hurricane Opal (1995) caused extensive damage to the city.
1982History
== Media ==
A weekly newspaper, The Southeast Sun, had been published since 1982 but is no longer publishing.
1991Culture
The post office was torn down in 1991, but Arlt's mural, Saturday in Enterprise was preserved and now hangs in the Enterprise Public Library.
2000History
=== 2000 ===
As of the 2000 census, 21,178 people, 8,533 households, and 5,973 families were residing in the city.
2007Disaster
=== March 2007 tornado ===
In the early afternoon of March 1, 2007, Enterprise was struck by a violent EF4 tornado.
2008History
In 2008, headliners included Hank Williams, Jr., ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Trace Adkins, and in 2009, headliners included Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Charlie Daniels, Alan Ja...
2010Education
The high school was rebuilt on a new site on the west end of Boll Weevil Circle and opened on August 23, 2010, at a cost of over $80 million.
2011History
BamaJam 2011 was canceled, but the show returned to BamaJam Farms in June 2012 with Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Ronnie Milsap, Alan Jackson, the Zac Brown Band, Sheryl Crow, and Ki...
2020History
== Demographics ==
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=== 2020 ===
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 28,711 people, 10,744 households, and 7,461 families residing in the city.