Editing Cardiff, Alabama

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Cardiff, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Cardiff in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson]]
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.21
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|elevation_ft             = 358
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 52
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|population_density_sq_mi = 248.80
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
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|postal_code              = 35041
|area_code                = [[Area codes 205 and 659|205 & 659]]
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|blank_info               = 01-12040
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|blank1_info              = 0115614
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|area_total_km2 = 0.54
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'''Cardiff''' is a town in [[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson County]], [[Alabama]], [[United States]] west of [[Gardendale, Alabama|Gardendale]]. At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the population was 55, placing it as the least-populated incorporated area in Jefferson County. It is named after the [[Cardiff|capital of Wales]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n68 69]}}</ref>  It is one of four Jefferson County cities named after cities in Great Britain, the others being Birmingham, Leeds and Brighton.

==Geography==
Cardiff is located at {{Coord|33|38|43|N|86|55|59|W|type:city}} (33.645384, −86.932965).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on Five Mile Creek, a tributary of the Locust Fork of the [[Black Warrior River]]. It is immediately downstream of [[Brookside, Alabama|Brookside]]. The region is part of the [[Cumberland Plateau]], with shallow but deeply incised stream valleys dissecting sedimentary rock, including significant seams of [[bituminous coal]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 203
|1900= 562
|1910= 426
|1920= 463
|1930= 146
|1940= 246
|1950= 204
|1960= 202
|1970= 127
|1980= 140
|1990= 72
|2000= 82
|2010= 55
|2020= 52
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archivedate=April 26, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 82 people, 33 households, and 26 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|401.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 38 housing units at an average density of {{convert|186.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 93.90% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 6.10% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]].

There were 33 households, out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.2% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $34,107, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $28,906 versus $18,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,067. There were 5.6% of families and 8.1% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==History==
[[Coal mining]] was the historical basis of the economy. The town, for years the smallest incorporated town in the State of Alabama, declined along with the decline of underground coal mining and the rise of [[surface mining|strip mining]]. The epochal flood of May 2003 destroyed a number of buildings in that part of Cardiff close to Five Mile Creek. The town is now but a dent in the land; scarce of life with a scant 20–30 people and covered with [[kudzu]]. Cardiff is becoming a ghost town.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==References==
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{{Coord|display=title|33.645384|-86.932965}}
{{Jefferson County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Towns in Jefferson County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]
[[Category:Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama]]