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)
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]