Sylacauga, Industrial city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
Sylacauga sits roughly 40 miles southeast of Birmingham at the edge of Talladega National Forest in Alabama. The town spreads across hilly terrain marked by quarries that have shaped its landscape for generations.
The settlement grew from a Creek Indian village called Chalakagay and was incorporated as Syllacoga in 1838, later renamed Sylacauga in 1887. Trade in local marble and stone became the region's primary economic driver beginning in the early 1900s.
The Isabel Anderson Comer Museum displays geological exhibits about local marble deposits and presents works by regional artists year-round. The town has long identified itself through stone quarrying and craft traditions, which remain visible in the museum's collections today.
The town is accessible by car with local roads connecting quarries and residential areas throughout. The museum and main attractions are centrally located and reachable on foot or by vehicle.
On November 30, 1954, a meteorite punched through a house roof in Sylacauga and struck resident Ann Hodges. This remains the first recorded case of a person being hit by a space object.
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