City of Opelika, Alabama

Your Official News Site

This site provides real-time news stories and information on the City of Opelika and related businesses. 

This website officially endorses Jimmy Yates for Mayor.  We will be writing in his name on the ballot on election day.

Opelika Hotels:

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Opelika Hotel Map: Click Here

Opelika Restaurants:

Top Restaurants: Click Here

Restaurant Overview: Click Here

Chucks BBQ: Click Here

Breezeway Chicken Fingers: Click Here

Things to Do in Opelika:

City Homepage: Click Here

Museum of East Alabama: Click Here

Opelika Main Street: Click Here

Robert Trent Jones Golf Course - Grand National: Click Here

Spring Villa Park: Click Here

Chewacla Park: Click Here

Lee County Fishing Lake: Click Here

Saugahatchee Lake: Click Here

Auburn University: Click Here

Monkey Park: Click Here

Airview Baptist Church: Click Here

Alabama Facts:

State Capital: Montgomery

State Bird: Yellow Hammer

State Flower: Camellia

Alabama was the 22nd state

State Tree: Long leaf pine

Largest City: Birmingham

State Nut: Pecan

Key Links:

Link to Fun Facts about Alabama: Click Here

Best Restaurants: Open Table

Top Hotels: USA Today

Alabama Politics: AL.com

Alabama's Island: Dauphin Island

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Fun Facts:

• Birmingham is home to The Vulcan, which is the world's largest cast iron statue. The Vulcan is 56 feet tall and weighs 120,000 pounds.
• In Scottsboro, you'll find the Unclaimed Baggage Center, which buys lost luggage from airlines.
• Mt. Cheaha is Alabama's highest point at 2,407 feet above sea level.
• The first rocket to put humans on the moon was built in Huntsville, Alabama.
• The first 911 call in the United States was made in Haleyville, Alabama on February 16, 1968.

Places of Interest:

Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller in Tuscambia; the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville; and the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery

Industry:

Primary Agriculture:
Alabama ranks high in the production of poultry, soybeans, milk, vegetables, livestock, wheat, cattle, cotton, peanuts, fruits, hogs and corn.

Primary Industry:
Paper, chemicals, rubber and plastics, apparel and textiles, and primary metals constitute the leading industries of Alabama. Continuing as a major manufacturer of coal, iron, and steel, Birmingham is also noted for its world-renowned medical center, especially for heart surgery.

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