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, founded in 1910, is a city in Birmingham, Alabama, United States southwest of Ensley. The population was 12,381 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the Census estimates the population to be 11,547. Originally named
it was planned as a model city by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company to house workers in their Fairfield Works plant, now owned by U.S. Steel.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km²), all of it land.