Hueytown, Alabama

Hueytown, Alabama
City
Location of Hueytown in Jefferson County, Alabama
Coordinates: 33°26′16″N 86°59′51″W / 33.43778°N 86.99750°W / 33.43778; -86.99750
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Jefferson
Incorporated	December 3, 1959[1]
Government
• Mayor	Steve Ware
Area [2]
• Total	20.145 sq mi (52.175 km2)
• Land	19.979 sq mi (51.746 km2)
• Water	0.166 sq mi (0.431 km2)
Elevation [3]	548 ft (167 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	16,776
• Estimate  (2022)[5]	16,369
• Density	819/sq mi (316.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC–6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	35023
Area code(s)	205 and 659
FIPS code	01-36448
GNIS feature ID	2404738[3]
Website	hueytownal.gov

Hueytown is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham metropolitan area, and was part of the heavy industry development in this area in the 20th century. The population was 16,776 at the 2020 census.^[4]

Hueytown was the home of the Alabama Gang, famous in NASCAR stock car racing. In 1992 the city became known for the unexplained "Hueytown Hum", a mysterious noise later thought to be caused by large underground ventilation fans used in a nearby coal mine.

Its nearby residential and business communities were damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998 and by an EF4 tornado on April 27, 2011.