Anniston

county seat of Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
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Summary

Anniston is a city in the United States[1]. Anniston ranks in the top 6% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,441 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Calhoun County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Postal code: 36201[6], 36202[7], 36204[8], 36205[9], 36206[10], 36207[11]
  • Commons category: Anniston, Alabama[12]
  • Local dialing code: 256[13]
  • Inception: 1872[14]
  • Coordinate location: 33.663003, -85.826664[15]
  • Official website: http://www.annistonal.gov/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anniston, Alabama[17]
  • Population: 22,666[18], 23,106[19], 21,564[20]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22]
  • Capital of: Calhoun County[23]
  • Official name: Anniston[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Anniston, Alabama[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Q64004715[26]
  • Number of households: 9273[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Anniston, Alabama[28]
  • Different from: Anniston[29]
  • Elevation above sea level: 219[30]
  • Area: 118.388728[31], 118.374985[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1515[33]
  • Territory overlaps: Anniston–Oxford urban area[34]
  • Mean age: 41.4[35]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Anniston–Oxford metropolitan area[36]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Anniston include Anniston Regional Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39] and Anniston[40], a city in the United States[41], in United States[42].

Why It Matters

Anniston has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Anniston is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for Anniston include Anniston Regional Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39] and Anniston[40], a city in the United States[41], in United States[42].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+0.1515'}
    Website → —
    Coordinates → —
    Territory overlaps → Anniston–Oxford urban area
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14901: anniston, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324129965|Anniston (#324129965)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8471|‎Encyclopedia of Alab"
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