Hueytown, Alabama

When rescuers finally cleared the 1500-foot-deep (150 m) shaft, they found 106 men dead and 20 dead mules.

The plantation had originally been developed by his father, Mortimer Jordan, in 1828.

However, the first established school in the community was in August 1874, when several families gathered to build a small log building that served as both a church and school.

William & Joseph Woodward formed The Woodward Iron Company on New Year's Eve, 1881.

1 began operation on August 17, 1883.

A second furnace went into blast in January 1887 and the two furnaces had a daily output of 165 tons.

Most of these have been public schools of The Jefferson County School System which was founded in 1898.

Shuler, as having opened the Virginia Mine in 1902.

A mine disaster in February 1905 caused extensive damage.

A later grammar school was built on Upper Wickstead Road but burned down in 1907.

By 1909, there was a third furnace and a daily capacity of 250,000 tons with a workforce of 2000 men on the payroll.

The school was replaced with a larger building in 1935 which faced Hueytown Road.

In 1936, Republic Steel purchased the mine.

That entire structure burned to the ground on the night of March 3, 1949.

The present Hueytown Elementary School, which has been expanded many times, first opened in the fall of 1950.

It continued to be worked until September 1953, when it closed permanently.

== Government == The City of Hueytown was incorporated on December 3, 1959, and operates under a Mayor-Council form of government.

The original Alderman for the City of Hueytown in 1960 were as follows: J.

In 1968, Mead Corporation acquired Woodward Iron just as the steel industry was going into decline.

In 1973, the last blast furnace closed, and Koppers Corporation bought the remaining coke production plant.

Hueytown High School's football team made it to the Alabama State Playoffs in 1974, 1975, 1995, and 2004.

Because of its established motorsports roots, Hueytown was chosen as BMW Motorsport's initial North American base of operations before its first season with the International Mo...

== Hueytown Hum == Beginning in late 1991 residents of Hueytown, and other nearby communities, reported hearing a droning low frequency hum at irregular intervals.

In 1992 the city became known for the unexplained "Hueytown Hum", a mysterious noise later thought to be caused by large underground ventilation fans used in a nearby coal mine.

Its nearby residential and business communities were damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998 and by an EF4 tornado on April 27, 2011.

=== 2000 census === As of the 2000 census, there were 15,364 people, 6,155 households, and 4,517 families residing in the city.

Its Angels league All-Star team won the Dixie World Series championship in the summer of 2003 and its 6U All-Stars won the Alabama State Championship in the summer of 2009.

HHS's softball team has won the Alabama State Softball championship three times in four years: 2005 and 2006 as a 5A school and 2008 as a 6A school under Coach Lissa Walker.

They also made the playoffs in 2006, 2007, and 2008, marking the first time in school history to make three straight appearances.

On June 18, 2009 Hueytown High School's football Coach Jeff Smith resigned.

=== 2010 census === As of the 2010 census, there were 16,105 people, 6,412 households, and 4,517 families residing in the city.

They won again in 2011 as a 5A school.

Hueytown High School implemented its soccer program in the spring of 2014.

Hueytown also made it to the 2016 state playoffs under Coach Scott Mansell, who was in his third year as head coach.

== Demographics == === 2020 census === As of the 2020 census, there were 16,776 people, 6,545 households, and 4,553 families residing in the city.