McCalla is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Jefferson

Jefferson County, Alabama

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 and Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

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 Counties, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

United States

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, southwest of Bessemer

Bessemer, Alabama

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 and the geographic terminus of the Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains

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http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM45KE.

Recreation

Tannehill State Park

Tannehill Ironworks

The Tannehill Ironworks is a state historic site in Tuscaloosa County near the unincorporated town of Bucksville.Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was a major supplier of iron for Confederate ordnance...

 features a 19th century blast furnace, the Iron and Steel Museum of Alabama

Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama

The Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama also known as the Tannehill Museum is an industrial museum located at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park in McCalla, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Opened in 1981, it covers ....

, various historical buildings, rustic cabin

Cabin

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s, and a campground. The park also has a slave cemetery. The park is home to several festivals throughout the year, including the Southern Appalachian Dulcimer

Appalachian dulcimer

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 Festival, the Down Home Psaltery

Psaltery

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 Festival, archery tournaments, a civil war reenactment

American Civil War reenactment

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, and other events.

Schools

The McCalla area is served by McAdory Elementary, McAdory Middle, and McAdory High schools.

External links

• The Tannehill Trader, community newspaper