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Enterprise, Alabama

Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Coffee County and the southwestern part of Dale County in Southeastern Alabama, United States. Its population was 28,711 at the 2020 census.[2] Enterprise is the primary city of the Enterprise micropolitan statistical area (with the portion of the city in Dale County part of the Ozark micropolitan statistical area). It was originally a part of Enterprise–Ozark micropolitan area before being split;[3] for a longer while it was originally part of the Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark combined statistical area but is now its own separate primary statistical area in later censuses.[4][5]

Enterprise, Alabama

1896

William “Bill” Cooper

31.02 sq mi (80.35 km2)

30.96 sq mi (80.18 km2)

0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2)

358 ft (109 m)

28,711

927.42/sq mi (358.08/km2)

UTC-5 (CDT)

36330-36331

01-24184

0118005

Enterprise is famous for the Boll Weevil Monument, a large monument of a woman holding a boll weevil, in the middle of Main Street. The city erected the statue because the destruction of the cotton crop by the boll weevil had led to agricultural diversity, starting with peanuts and more prosperity than had ever come from cotton alone. It is the only statue to an insect pest in the world. Enterprise is right outside the U.S. Army's Fort Novosel, the home of Army Aviation.


Enterprise is home to Enterprise State Community College.

Education[edit]

Enterprise is served by Enterprise City Schools. It is also home to Enterprise State Community College,[13] formerly known as Enterprise State Junior College.[14] A two-year college, the Enterprise campus is home to the Boll Weevils.

Media[edit]

A weekly newspaper, The Southeast Sun, had been published since 1982 but is no longer publishing.[19] The Enterprise Ledger is published Tuesday–Friday and Sunday and has been in circulation since 1898.[20]

NFL outside linebacker

Kendrick Adams

NFL player

T. J. Barnes

United States Senator

Katie Britt

American singer-songwriter

Ethel Cain

country and jazz pedal steel guitarist

Curly Chalker

R&B singer

Clint Crisher

retired professional boxer, playwright, and theater director

Juli Crockett

Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals

Brendan Donovan

former NFL player

Jimmy DuBose

former representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Terry Everett

federal judge for U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama

Mark Fuller

former mayor of Newark, New Jersey

Kenneth A. Gibson

Stewart Halcomb of

The Springs (band)

former NFL linebacker

David Howard

professional wrestler and model

April Hunter

country music artist born in Enterprise

Jamey Johnson

college football player for the Houston Cougars, 2021 Paul Hornung Award winner

Marcus Jones

NFL player

Jimmy McClain

screenwriter and author of several Southern Gothic novels

Michael McDowell

reserve outfielder for the 1927 Yankees

Ben Paschal

former NFL running back

Cedric Smith

former NHL player with the Chicago Black Hawks (1941–43)

Aud Tuten

lead singer of Course of Nature and husband of Melissa Joan Hart

Mark Wilkerson

City of Enterprise official website

Enterprise Chamber of Commerce

Enterprise Public Library

The Enterprise Ledger