Editing Enterprise, Alabama

{{Short description|City in Coffee County, Alabama, US}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Enterprise, Alabama
| settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in Alabama|City]]
| image_skyline            = Enterprise, Alabama Page Image.jpg
| imagesize                = 300px
| image_caption            = Clockwise from top-left: The Enterprise Water Tower, the [[Boll Weevil Monument]], Boll Weevil Circle, Coffee County Courthouse, Enterprise Hospital.
| image_flag               = Flag of Enterpise, Alabama.gif
| image_seal               = Enterprise, AL Seal.png
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = "City of Progress"<br />"Retirement City USA"
| image_map                = File:Coffee County and Dale County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Enterprise Highlighted 0124184.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location of Enterprise in Coffee County and Dale County, Alabama.
| pushpin_map              = USA#USA Alabama
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in the United States
| coordinates              = {{coord|31|19|39|N|85|50|40|W|region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{nowrap|{{flag|United States}}}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Alabama}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Coffee County, Alabama|Coffee]], [[Dale County, Alabama|Dale]]
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 1896
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = William “Bill” Cooper
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_total_km2           = 80.35
| area_land_km2            = 80.18
| area_water_km2           = 0.17
| elevation_m              = 109
| elevation_ft             = 358
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 28711
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| pop_est_footnotes        = 
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_density_km2   = 358.08
| population_density_sq_mi = 927.42
| population_urban         = 
| population_metro         = 
| timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code              = 36330–36331
| area_code                = [[Area code 334|334]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 01-24184
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0118005
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.enterpriseal.gov/}}
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi = 31.02
|area_land_sq_mi = 30.96
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.07
}}
'''Enterprise''' is a city in the southeastern part of [[Coffee County, Alabama|Coffee County]] and the southwestern part of [[Dale County, Alabama|Dale County]] in Southeastern [[Alabama]], United States. Its population was 28,711 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0124184| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212164303/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0124184| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Enterprise city, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref> 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;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.csv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326160047/http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.csv |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 26, 2010 |title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01) |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |work=2009 Population Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 23, 2010 |access-date=March 24, 2010 }}</ref> for a longer while it was originally part of the Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark [[Dothan metropolitan area|combined statistical area]] but is now its own separate primary [[statistical area (United States)|statistical area]] in later censuses.<ref name="CSA1">{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/econ/ec2012/csa/EC2012_330M200US222M.pdf |website=www.2census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="OMB_20-01">{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bulletin-20-01.pdf|title=OMB Bulletin No. 20-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas|date=March 6, 2020|publisher=[[United States Office of Management and Budget]]|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref>

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 [[peanut]]s 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]].

==History==
===Founding and the Boll Weevil Monument===
{{Main|Boll Weevil Monument}}
The founder of Enterprise, John Henry Carmichael, first settled there in 1881. Carmichael opened a store, which attracted more settlers to the area, and by the next year, a post office was relocated from the settlement of Drake Eye to the north to Enterprise. In 1896, with 250 people having settled there, the city of Enterprise incorporated. Soon afterward, the [[Alabama Midland Railway]] came to Enterprise, bringing with it opportunities for commerce and growth. By 1906, its population had grown to 3,750.<ref name=history>[http://www.cityofenterprise.net/Default.asp?ID=91&pg=History+of+Enterprise "History of Enterprise".]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703132905/http://www.cityofenterprise.net/Default.asp?ID=91&pg=History+of+Enterprise |date=July 3, 2013 }} [http://www.cityofenterprise.net City of Enterprise] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306031542/http://www.cityofenterprise.net/ |date=March 6, 2007 }} Retrieved February 6, 2010.</ref>

[[File:Boll Weevil Monument Alabama Historical Marker.JPG|thumb|left|Historical marker and [[Boll Weevil Monument]] in Downtown Enterprise]]
Enterprise's way of life came under threat in 1915. An infestation of [[boll weevil]]s found its way into the region's cotton crops, resulting in the destruction of most of the cotton in Coffee County. Facing economic ruin, the nearly bankrupt area farmers were forced to diversify, planting peanuts and other crops in an effort to lessen the damage and recoup some of their losses.<ref name=history/>

[[File:EnterpriseDepot with AlabamaHistoricaMarker.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown Enterprise's former [[Alabama Midland Railway]] depot, now the Depot Museum]]
Two years later, Coffee County was the United States' leading producer of peanuts. Not only did Enterprise stave off disaster, but its economy was renewed by the thriving new crop base. In appreciation, the people of Enterprise erected a monument in the city center to what the monument calls their "herald of prosperity", the boll weevil.<ref>{{cite book |title=Thinking Places: Where Great Ideas Were Born |last=Fleming |first=Jack |author2=Fleming, Carolyn |year=2007 |publisher=Trafford Publishing |isbn= 978-1-4251-2585-1|pages=275–276 }}</ref> The [[Boll Weevil Monument]] was dedicated on December 11, 1919, as a reminder of how the city adjusted in the face of adversity. It is the only monument to an agricultural pest in the world.<ref name=history/>

===March 2007 tornado===
{{See also|Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007}}
[[File:Enterprise-high-school.jpg|thumb|left|Newly constructed [[Enterprise High School (Alabama)|Enterprise High School]] after the tornado]]
In the early afternoon of March 1, 2007, Enterprise was struck by a violent [[Enhanced Fujita Scale|EF4]] tornado.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/?n=event-20070301|title=Tornado Outbreak of March 1–2, 2007|publisher=National Weather Service|access-date=December 7, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201071158/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/?n=event-20070301|archive-date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> The tornado caused nine deaths and injured over 121 others. Damage in Enterprise was estimated at nearly $307 million, the worst disaster in the city's history.

The most severe damage occurred at [[Enterprise High School (Alabama)|Enterprise High School]], where eight students died after a hallway was destroyed and the wall collapsed on them. The students were Michael Bowen (16), Andrew (AJ) Jackson (16), Ryan Mohler (16), Peter Dunn lll (16), Michael (Mikey) Tompkins (17), Jamie Vidensek (17), Michelle Wilson (16) and Kathryn Strunk (16). Enterprise resident Edna Strickland was killed in her home near the high school, the ninth fatality from the tornado. A quarter mile-wide swath through the downtown area was devastated, with at least 370 houses damaged or destroyed. The [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] was called into the city; a dusk-to-dawn curfew was implemented immediately after the disaster. [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] arrived the morning of March 3 and immediately declared Coffee County a disaster area. An [[AmeriCorps]] team was sent to the city to help organize and participate in disaster relief.

After the tornado, Enterprise High School students attended classes at the local community college, where trailers were used as temporary additional classrooms. The high school was rebuilt on a new site on the west end of Boll Weevil Circle and opened on August 23, 2010, at a cost of over $80 million. The new high school has structurally reinforced safe rooms and areas to shelter during severe weather and is rated to withstand winds from an EF5 tornado.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.eprisenow.com/news/2010/aug/22/we-are-enterprise-ar-730114/|title=Enterprise Ledger|first=Dothan|last=Eagle|website=Dothan Eagle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831080508/http://www2.eprisenow.com/news/2010/aug/22/we-are-enterprise-ar-730114/|archive-date=August 31, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.eprisenow.com/news/2010/aug/22/new-ehs-streets-named-ar-730111/|title=Enterprise Ledger|first=Dothan|last=Eagle|website=Dothan Eagle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825141704/http://www2.eprisenow.com/news/2010/aug/22/new-ehs-streets-named-ar-730111/|archive-date=August 25, 2010}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 610
|1910= 2322
|1920= 3013
|1930= 3702
|1940= 4353
|1950= 7288
|1960= 11410
|1970= 15591
|1980= 18033
|1990= 20123
|2000= 21178
|2010= 26562
|2020= 28711
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
|estyear=2021|estimate=29395}}

===2020===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Enterprise racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0124184&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 17, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|16,840
|58.65%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,789
|20.16%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|147
|0.51%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|779
|2.71%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|46
|0.16%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|1,691
|5.89%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|3,419
|11.91%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 28,711 people, 10,744 households, and 7,461 families residing in the city.

===2010===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], 26,562 people, 10,513 households, and 7,196 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|850|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 11,616 housing units averaged 371.1 per mi<sup>2</sup> (143.2/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 69.4% [[White American|White]], 20.7% [[Black American|Black]] or African American, 0.5% Native American, 2.0% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 4.1% from other races, and 2.9% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]]s or Latinos of any race were 8.8% of the population.

Of the 10,513 households, 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were not families. About 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50, and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city, the age distribution was 25.4% under 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years or older. The median age was 34.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the city was $48,042, and the median income for a family was $63,036. Males had a median income of $45,556 versus $31,588 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,185. About 13.9% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

===2000===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], 21,178 people, 8,533 households, and 5,973 families were residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|684.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 9,641 housing units averaged {{convert|311.5|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 71.62% White, 22.95% African American, 0.48% Native American, 1.60% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 1.27% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 3.88% of the population.

Of the 8,533 households, 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were not families. About 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city, the age distribution was 25.4% under 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 86.8 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the city was $37,661, and for a family was $45,510. Males had a median income of $37,131 versus $20,560 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,493. About 10.4% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.0% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Enterprise is served by [[Enterprise City Schools]]. It is also home to [[Enterprise State Community College]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eocc.edu/ |title=Enterprise-Ozark Community College |access-date=July 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707211005/http://www.eocc.edu/ |archive-date=July 7, 2007  }}</ref> formerly known as Enterprise State Junior College.<ref>{{cite book |title=Two-Year Colleges – 2010 (Peterson's Two Year Colleges) |last=Peterson's |year=2009 |publisher=978-0768926880 |page=58 }}</ref> A two-year college, the Enterprise campus is home to the Boll Weevils.

==Point of interest==
[[File:EnterpriseALwatertower.jpg|thumb|right|One of the [[water tower]]s of Enterprise showing the city motto]]
Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the [[United States]] through the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]], later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]]. [[Paul Theodore Arlt]] was an artist with the Section of Fine Arts and painted the post office mural, ''The Section'', in the Enterprise post office in 1941. The post office was torn down in 1991, but Arlt's mural, ''Saturday in Enterprise'' was preserved and now hangs in the Enterprise Public Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Library Mural - Enterprise, Alabama|url=http://livingnewdeal.org/projects/public-library-mural-enterprise-al/|website=livingnewdeal.org|publisher=Living New Deal|access-date=October 10, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404130815/https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/public-library-mural-enterprise-al/|archive-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref>

Weevil Way is a community art project with a series of 30 boll weevil statues decorated or dressed to represent the local landmarks or businesses where they stand.<ref>{{Citation |title=An Alabama town honors the boll weevil |date=September 25, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0g4eTA-F_4 |work=CBS Sunday Morning |language=en |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.weevilway.com/ |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=Weevil Way |language=en}}</ref> One of these statues, specifically the statue named "Ronald McWeevil" located at a local McDonalds, ended up going viral online.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Culture |first1=Alice Gibbs Senior Internet |last2=Reporter |first2=Trends |date=April 4, 2022 |title='Ronald McWeevil': Town's Statue in Front of McDonald's Terrifies Internet |url=https://www.newsweek.com/mcweevil-statue-mcdonalds-terrifies-internet-1694609 |access-date=January 19, 2024 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

==Media==
A weekly newspaper, ''[[The Southeast Sun]]'', had been published since 1982 but is no longer publishing.<ref>[http://www.southeastsun.com/site/about.html About Us. The Southeast Sun: Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201162534/http://www.southeastsun.com/site/about.html |date=February 1, 2012 }}.</ref> ''The Enterprise Ledger'' is published Tuesday–Friday and Sunday and has been in circulation since 1898.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dothaneagle.com/enterprise_ledger/site/contact.html|title=Contact Us|website=Dothan Eagle|access-date=May 28, 2014|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331064810/http://www.dothaneagle.com/enterprise_ledger/site/contact.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Music==
The song "[[Your Guardian Angel]]" by [[The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]] is dedicated to the eight students who lost their lives when a tornado hit the high school. The twister claimed 9 lives and destroyed [[Enterprise High School (Alabama)|Enterprise High School]]. The song "Held In His Love" by [[The Springs (band)]] was written by Stewart Halcomb, a student inside Enterprise High School on March 1, 2007, and dedicated to the eight friends he lost that day.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus |date=December 3, 2021 |url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus-songs/ |publisher=Nathan Foster |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>

===BamaJam===
Enterprise was home to the BamaJam Music Festival featuring multiple acts performing on different stages in three days. Attendance has reached as high as 100,000 each night. In 2008, headliners included [[Hank Williams, Jr.]], [[ZZ Top]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], and [[Trace Adkins]], and in 2009, headliners included [[Taylor Swift]], [[Blake Shelton]], [[Charlie Daniels]], [[Alan Jackson]], [[Brooks and Dunn]], [[The Black Crowes]], and [[Kid Rock]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Official site of Bama Jam| url=http://www.bamajammusicfestival.com/| access-date=December 21, 2010| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224083131/http://www.bamajammusicfestival.com/| archive-date=February 24, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

BamaJam 2011 was canceled, but the show returned to BamaJam Farms in June 2012 with [[Eric Church]], [[Tim McGraw]], [[Ronnie Milsap]], [[Alan Jackson]], the [[Zac Brown Band]], [[Sheryl Crow]], and [[Kid Rock]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BamaJam 2012 |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/bamajam-2012-lineup-tim-mcgraw-eric-church/ |website=BamaJam 2012 Lineup statistics |date=June 11, 2012 |publisher=Taste Of Country |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Kendrick Adams]], NFL [[outside linebacker]]
*[[T. J. Barnes]], NFL player
*[[John Battaglia]], Convicted murderer executed in [[Texas]] for the killings of his two daughters
*[[Evan Beutler]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evan Beutler |url=https://uwaathletics.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/evan--beutler/2177 |access-date=January 24, 2025 |website=[[West Alabama Tigers]]}}</ref>
*[[Katie Britt]], [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]
*[[Ethel Cain]], American singer-songwriter
*[[Curly Chalker]], [[country music|country]] and [[jazz music|jazz]] [[pedal steel guitar]]ist
*[[Clint Crisher]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] singer
*[[Juli Crockett]], retired professional [[Boxer (boxing)|boxer]], [[playwright]], and theater director
*[[Brendan Donovan]], Baseball player for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
*[[Jimmy DuBose]], former NFL player
*[[Terry Everett]], former representative from [[Alabama's 2nd congressional district]]
*[[Mark Fuller (judge)|Mark Fuller]], federal judge for [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama|U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama]]
*[[Kenneth A. Gibson]], former mayor of [[Newark, New Jersey]]
*Stewart Halcomb of [[The Springs (band)]]
*[[David Howard (linebacker)|David Howard]], former NFL linebacker
*[[April Hunter]], professional wrestler and model
*[[Jamey Johnson]], country music artist born in Enterprise
*[[Marcus Jones (cornerback)|Marcus Jones]], [[college football]] player for the [[Houston Cougars football|Houston Cougars]], 2021 [[Paul Hornung Award]] winner 
*[[Jimmy McClain]], NFL player
*[[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], screenwriter and author of several Southern Gothic novels
*[[Ben Paschal]], reserve outfielder for the 1927 Yankees
*[[Thomas Virgil Pittman]], former federal judge on the [[U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama]] and the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama]]
*[[Cedric Smith (American football)|Cedric Smith]], former [[NFL]] running back
*[[Aud Tuten]], former [[NHL]] player with the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] (1941–43)
*[[Mark Wilkerson]], lead singer of Course of Nature and husband of [[Melissa Joan Hart]]

== Geography ==

Enterprise is located at 31° 19′ 39″ N, 85° 50′ 40″ W (31.3275 N, -85.844444 W).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Enterprise,_Alabama&params=31_19_39_N_85_50_40_W_region:US-AL_type:city(26562) |title = GeoHack - Enterprise, Alabama}}</ref>

Major highways that run through the city include [[U.S. Route 84 in Alabama|U.S. Route 84]] and Alabama State Routes [[Alabama State Route 27|27]], [[Alabama State Route 134|134]], and [[Alabama State Route 167|167]]. US 84 runs through the northern part of the city along Boll Weevil Circle, leading northwest {{convert|16|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Elba, Alabama|Elba]], the Coffee County seat, and east {{convert|9|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Daleville, Alabama|Daleville]]. SR 167 runs north to south on the eastern side of the city on Boll Weevil Circle, leading north {{convert|26|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Alabama State Route 87|SR 87]] south of [[Troy, Alabama|Troy]] and southeast {{convert|18|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Hartford, Alabama|Hartford]]. SR 134 runs west {{convert|26|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Opp, Alabama|Opp]].

=== Climate ===
{{climate chart
| Enterprise
| 38.1 | 60.0 | 5.31
| 41.7 | 64.4 | 4.61
| 47.4 | 71.5 | 5.87
| 53.5 | 77.9 | 3.98
| 62.1 | 85.2 | 3.58
| 69.0 | 90.0 | 5.00
| 71.4 | 91.5 | 5.98
| 71.0 | 90.9 | 4.53
| 66.3 | 87.5 | 3.86
| 56.6 | 79.5 | 3.03
| 47.8 | 70.8 | 4.09
| 40.4 | 62.3 | 4.49
|units=imperial
|float=left
|clear=none
|source = NOAA
}}
[[File:Enterprise palm tree.jpg|thumb|A Sabal Palmetto in Enterprise, Alabama.]]
[[File:Enterprise Mexican Palm.jpg|thumb|A Mexican Fan Palm tree in Enterprise, Alabama.]]
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Enterprise has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=962227&cityname=Enterprise,+Alabama,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Enterprise, Alabama Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510084935/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=962227&cityname=Enterprise%2C+Alabama%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|archive-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> The temperatures are moderated by its proximity to the Gulf Coast, and is part of the [[Wiregrass Region]] of Southern Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. The temperatures are usually not dissimilar from the Florida panhandle area.

It is located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8B with an average minimum temperature of 15 to 20 (F).<ref>{{cite web|title=USDA Alabama Hardiness Zone Map|url=http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/|website=Plant Hardiness|publisher=USDA|access-date=November 23, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/|archive-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref> As a result of its mild to warm climate, palm trees such as [[Butia capitata]], [[Sabal palmetto]], [[Phoenix canariensis]], [[Cycas revoluta]], and [[Trachycarpus fortunei]] are widely grown throughout the city.
Hurricanes and Tornadoes are common here as occasionally hurricanes can reach as far inland as Enterprise and tornadoes also can exist in Enterprise.  [[Hurricane Eloise]] (1975) and [[Hurricane Opal]] (1995) caused extensive damage to the city.

{{Weather box 
|location= Enterprise, Alabama (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1966–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 81
|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 101
|Nov record high F = 90
|Dec record high F = 82
|year record high F = 104
|Jan high F = 61.0
|Feb high F = 64.9
|Mar high F = 71.9
|Apr high F = 78.2
|May high F = 85.7
|Jun high F = 90.1
|Jul high F = 91.5
|Aug high F = 91.1
|Sep high F = 88.0
|Oct high F = 80.5
|Nov high F = 70.6
|Dec high F = 62.9
|year high F = 78.0
|Jan mean F = 49.3
|Feb mean F = 53.1
|Mar mean F = 59.6
|Apr mean F = 65.6
|May mean F = 73.7
|Jun mean F = 79.2
|Jul mean F = 81.1
|Aug mean F = 80.8
|Sep mean F = 77.1
|Oct mean F = 68.4
|Nov mean F = 58.2
|Dec mean F = 51.5
|year mean F = 66.5
|Jan low F = 37.6
|Feb low F = 41.3
|Mar low F = 47.2
|Apr low F = 53.1
|May low F = 61.6
|Jun low F = 68.4
|Jul low F = 70.8
|Aug low F = 70.5
|Sep low F = 66.1
|Oct low F = 56.3
|Nov low F = 45.9
|Dec low F = 40.2
|year low F = 54.9
|Jan record low F = -1
|Feb record low F = 10
|Mar record low F = 17
|Apr record low F = 30
|May record low F = 40
|Jun record low F = 49
|Jul record low F = 56
|Aug record low F = 59
|Sep record low F = 39
|Oct record low F = 32
|Nov record low F = 18
|Dec record low F = 6
|year record low F = -1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.47
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.72
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.00
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.46
|May precipitation inch = 3.05
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.56
|Jul precipitation inch = 7.01
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.63
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.81
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.97
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.38
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.84
|year precipitation inch = 57.90
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.4
|Feb precipitation days = 8.3
|Mar precipitation days = 7.9
|Apr precipitation days = 7.3
|May precipitation days = 6.3
|Jun precipitation days = 10.8
|Jul precipitation days = 12.6
|Aug precipitation days = 11.0
|Sep precipitation days = 6.8
|Oct precipitation days = 4.8
|Nov precipitation days = 6.5
|Dec precipitation days = 6.8
|year precipitation days = 97.5
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=tae
| title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 9, 2021
| archive-date = September 5, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905085903/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=tae
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00012675&format=pdf
| title = Station: Enterprise 4 W, AL
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 9, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.cityofenterprise.net/ City of Enterprise official website]
*[http://www.enterprisealabama.com/ Enterprise Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.enterpriselibrary.org/ Enterprise Public Library]
*[http://www.eprisenow.com/ ''The Enterprise Ledger'']

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[[Category:Enterprise, Alabama]]
[[Category:Cities in Alabama]]
[[Category:Cities in Coffee County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Cities in Dale County, Alabama]]
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[[Category:Enterprise–Ozark micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1896]]
[[Category:1896 establishments in Alabama]]