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The Bibb Graves Bridge, which serves as a focal point is renowned to be the only one of its kind south of the Mason-Dixon line. it's arches are suspended with reinforced concrete! Wetumpka sets out the welcome mat in true Southern style. Located in the heart of central Alabama and serving as the seat of Elmore County, this friendly city invites newcomers to come see this "Surprise waiting for you." Wetumpka boasts a little bit of everything for everybody. Mild year-round climate, low taxes, and low crime rates are attractive features, while at the same time Wetumka offers complete health care service, an abundance of sports activities, and a rich cultural environment.

Two large lakes, two major rivers and several small bodies of water make it possible to have plenty of outdoor fun. including boating, skiing and canoeing. For the outdoorsman and hunter, Wetumpka is a veritable paradise of deer, turkey, quail, dove and squirrel hunting. Recreational activities are possible year round with the mild climate, and residents enjoy swimming, tennis, baseball/softball, and challenging golf courses with driving ranges.

Wetumka offers some unique tourist sites and local activities for everyone's enjoyment. check out the action and the Wetumpka depot players new location where local actors stage several presentation each year. Or meet your friends at Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum, a 17-acre garden of flowers and statuary which maintains an authentic reproduction of the ruins of the Greek Temple of Hera and Olympian Center (it is called "Alabama's little corner of Greece). Don't miss "Christmas on the Coosa" with its large daytime street parade and nighttime boat parade on the Coosa River. the Coosa River Whitewater Festival features nationally sanctioned whitewater rodeo competitions, with kayak and canoe, for professionals and amateurs. Fort Toulouse/Fort Jackson park has a partially restored French Fort around which re-enactors participate numerous time each year. The two largest annual events, the French and Indian War Encampment in April and the Alabama Frontier Days in early November, along with the other monthly events bring some 150,000 visitors to the park each year. while there, one can also camp, picnic, hike, bike visit the museum or arboretum, and bring family for other activities..

Live in Wetumpka and you will feel like you've found it all: varied terrain with the natural beauty of lakes, rivers and wildflowers, as well as good farm acreage and domesticated animals. as part of the third fastest growing county in Alabama, Wetumpka offers a comfortable lifestyle associated wit good schools, plenty of churches, and a flourishing economy.

 

COMMUNITY PROFILE


 City Name: Wetumpka

Population: 5,726

County Name: Elmore

 

LOCATION AND TRANSPORTATION


 Commercial Airline : no

Nearest Regional Airport: Montgomery

Distance to: 22 miles

Interstate Highways : no

If no, then distance to interstate highways: 12 miles to I-65 and 85

Four Lane Highways (Please Specify): 231

State Highways (Please Specify): Alabama highways 9, 14, and 111

Distance to...

Atlanta: 169

Birmingham: 103

Mobile: 190

Nashville: 297

Tallahassee: 300(estimate)

Nearest Coastal City (Name/Distance): Mobile 190

Public Transportation : no

 

LOCAL TAXES


 Property Taxes on $100,000 Home with Homestead Exemption: $177.00

Total Millage Rate: 6.5

Sales Tax (Total): 9%

Automobile Tax & Tag: $24.25 3%

Montgomery metro. area MSA: 98.5

 

HOUSING COSTS


Approximate cost of 1,800 sq.ft. home with two car garage - 5 to 10 yrs old: $125,000

Approximate cost of 1,800 sq.ft. home with two car garage - new: $145,000

 

UTILITIES/SERVICES


 Public Water : yes

Cost per 1000 gallons: $10.50

Public Sewer  yes

If yes, Approximate percent of community with sewage service: 90-95%

Cost of Sewage Service: $7.50

Electricity, Cost per 1000kwh: $78.12

Garbage Service Cost: $34.59 per 3 months

Number of Pick ups per Week: one

Cost for Basic Cable TV Service: $27.65

Number of Channels: 61

Percent of community coverage: 100%

 

HEALTH CARE


 Number of Physicians...
    

City: 53

County: 69

Number of hospital Beds...
    

City: 69        
    

County: 138

Nursing Home Facilities: one

Assisted Living Facilities: one

Regional Health Care Center : yes

 

MILITARY POSTS


 Military Posts : no

Name/Distance to:

Public Library : yes

 

RELIGION


 Places of Worship: 49

Denominations: 16

 

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES


 Post/Secondary Institutions : no

Name/Distance:

 

COMMUNITY LINKS


Wetumpka chamber...www.wetumpkachamber.com
city of Wetumpka...www.wetumpka.al.us
Alabama Frontier days...www.alabamafrontierdays.com
Alabama sunrise region...www.mindspring.com/~alsunrise

 

 

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