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Andalusia, Alabama

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The city of Andalusia is located in Covington County and is the county seat.

Andalusia is 100 feet [30.48 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Andalusia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Andalusia can be found in:

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 Illinois 
 Pennsylvania 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Andalusia had a population of 8,794 people<2> (or 23.46% of the total population of Covington County). The population of Andalusia represented 0.2% of the total of Alabama, making it the state's 59th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Andalusia had a population of 8,978 people. This is an increase of 2.09% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Andalusia.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20088,978+2.09%+3.24% since 2007
20078,696-1.11%+0.54% since 2006
20068,649-1.65%+0.46% since 2005
20058,609-2.1% 
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20008,794The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Babbie   E9 mi [14.48 km]6230.64% decrease
 Dozier   NE14 mi [22.53 km]3961.28% increase
 Gantt   N6 mi [9.66 km]2371.66% decrease
 Horn Hill   SE10 mi [16.09 km]2330.85% decrease
 Kinston   E19 mi [30.58 km]6141.99% increase
 Libertyville   S4 mi [6.44 km]1041.89% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Andalusia.

Website for Andalusia

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Andalusia or Covington County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.andalusianet.com/
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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Andalusia. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
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  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Andalusia:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Andalusia? Please visit the Map Page for Andalusia.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Andalusia - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Andalusia.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Andalusia and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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