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Talladega

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Talladega , city (1990 pop. 18,175), seat of Talladega co., NE central Ala., in the Blue Ridge foothills; inc. 1835. There are significant marble and limestone quarries. Textiles, furniture, industrial rubber, and metal products are the chief manufactures. In Nov., 1813, Andrew Jackson defeated a force of Creeks at this Native American border town. The city is the seat of Talladega College and the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind. Many antebellum homes remain. The Talladega Superspeedway north of the city hosts NASCAR races.

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Talladega

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Talladega, Alabama/USA Founded in 1834 on the site of a Creek village with a name meaning ‘Town at the End’ or ‘Town on the Border’, thus a town on the edge of their territory, from talla ‘town’ and dega ‘border’. It is also the name of nearby mountains.

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