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is a small unincorporated town located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States northwest of Hueytown. It is a rural community created and made popular, along with North Johns, when iron ore & coal mines in the area were operating at their peak in the early twentieth Century. Since then the community has seen growth and decline and is now experiencing an upswing in population and business.
It has a local post office; two local groceries; and numerous houses of worship. Several individuals also advertise and operate self-employed type businesses which cover several services needed in the area, such as construction, roofing, plumbing, hauling, heavy equipment operation.
This town is served by a local volunteer fire department as well as a Neighborhood Watch office, which doubles as a working office for Jefferson County Deputies who patrol the area. It is governed by the Jefferson County Commission and the various departments and facets of the County Government. The community hopes to one day have a fully operational Sheriff's Department Sub-station located there in the future.
Its location is about 5.0 miles northwest and about 6.5 miles from Interstates 20/59 which merge in Northeast Jefferson County and run through Jefferson County into Tuscaloosa County and northward into Walker County. East from here is the former location of Oak Grove High School that was destroyed by an F5 tornado on April 8,1998 southwest of Rock Creek.
City-Data.com reports the area to be 131sq mi. with a population density of 23 miles.