Editing Wetumpka, Alabama

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'''Wetumpka''' ({{IPAc-en|US|w|ɪ|ˈ|t|ʌ|m|k|ə}}) is a city in and the county seat of [[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore County]], [[Alabama]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 7,220.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Fact Sheet
  | work = American Fast Facts- Wedumpka city, Alabama
  | publisher = United States Census Bureau
  | url = http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=wetumpka&_cityTown=wetumpka&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
  | access-date = February 9, 2010
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200212053040/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=wetumpka&_cityTown=wetumpka&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
  | archive-date = February 12, 2020
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> In the early 21st century, Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |
   title = Census Info Shows Growth Rate of Two Alabama Rural Counties Exceeds National Average
  | work = Center for Business and Economic Research
  | publisher = University of Alabama
  | url = http://cber.cba.ua.edu/rbriefs/news042403.html
  | access-date =February 9, 2010}}</ref> The city is considered part of the [[Montgomery Metropolitan Area]].

Wetumpka identifies as "The City of Natural Beauty". Among the notable landmarks are the [[Wetumpka crater]] and the [[Jasmine Hill Gardens]], with a full-sized replica of the [[Temple of Hera, Olympia|Temple of Hera]] of [[Olympia, Greece]]. Historic downtown Wetumpka developed on both sides of the [[Coosa River]]. It was near [[Fort Toulouse]], built by French colonists in 1717, when they had claimed this territory for the king. In 2022, the city received worldwide ridicule after jailing two elderly women attempting to feed and neuter stray cats

==Etymology==
The placename ''Wetumpka'' is derived from the Muscogee [[Muscogee language|Creek]] Native American language phrase ''we-wau'' ''tum-cau'' meaning "rumbling waters", believed to be a description of the sound of the nearby [[Coosa River]] at the rapids of the Devil's Staircase. The roar of the rapids reportedly could be heard for miles before the construction in the 20th century of [[Walter Bouldin Dam]] and Jordan Dam, when the river was captured as a reservoir behind the dam.<ref name="OHS">{{Cite web |title=Wetumka {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WE022 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society {{!}} OHS}}</ref>

After being forced west to [[Indian Territory]] (present-day Oklahoma), by United States soldiers under the [[Indian Removal Act]] of 1830, the [[Muscogee]] named their major settlement there [[Wetumka, Oklahoma|Wetumka]], after their historic village.<ref name="OHS" />

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2013}}
Wetumpka was long settled by the [[Muscogee]] people, whose territory extended through present-day Georgia and Alabama. Their largest towns were on the banks of the [[Coosa River|Coosa]] and at its confluence with the [[Tallapoosa River]], at Wetumpka and ''Talisi'' (now [[Tallassee, Alabama|Tallassee]]), respectively.

===French and British colonization===
[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]]
After moving the 1702 settlement of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] to [[Mobile Bay]] in 1711, [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]] sent an expedition up the [[Alabama River]] to establish a fort in the interior of the colony, known as [[La Louisiane]] or [[New France]], to stop the encroachment of British colonists and to foster trade and goodwill with the Creek.
[[Image:Mississippi Territory dark.gif|right |thumb|190px|Mississippi Territory from 1798 (expanded 1804/1812), with [[Alabama Territory]] created March 3, 1817]]
Bienville directed the construction of [[Fort Toulouse]] along the Coosa River in 1714, {{convert|4|mi|0}} above the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers and the Creek village of ''Taskigi''. Bienville selected this area as a strategic locale for a fortification.

The French traded at Wetumpka and garrisoned Fort Toulouse until 1763, when they ceded the territory to the British following defeat in the [[Seven Years' War]] (known as the [[French and Indian War]] in North America). For nearly a quarter century, the British had control of this area. Several Scots and Irish traders, such as McGillivray and Weatherford, were active in the region. They married into the Creek [[matrilineal]] aristocracy and later claimed vast land grants. Their descendants became important Creek leaders because of their mothers' status.

===United States rule===
After Britain was defeated in the [[American Revolutionary War]], it ceded its territory east of the [[Mississippi River]] to the United States in 1783. In 1798 the US made this area part of the [[Mississippi Territory]], after cessions from the states of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[South Carolina]]. Between 1800 and 1812, European-American pioneers began to arrive, many with enslaved African-American laborers, and encroach on the lands of the Southeast Indian tribes.

By the early 19th century, there were tensions among the Creek, with young men of the Upper Creek promoting a revival of religion and traditional culture, and the Lower Creek, more influenced by settlement and trade with European Americans in Georgia, becoming more assimilated. In addition, in 1811, the [[Shawnee]] chief [[Tecumseh]] of the [[Northwest Territory|upper Northwest]] appealed to the Creek to join his [[Western Confederacy]] to try to drive out and exterminate the European settlers west of the Appalachians.

When the U.S. declared war on Britain in June 1812, the Upper Creek lost the assistance of the British, but they persisted with war against American settlers in the area. Upon receiving the news of the [[Fort Mims massacre|massacre at Fort Mims]], whose refugees included many Lower Creek, American settlers appealed for government help. General [[Andrew Jackson]] led a militia with members from [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], and Georgia and attacked the Creek in Alabama. The path the militia traveled became known as "Jackson's Trace".
[[Image:Jackson and Weatherford.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1814: Chief Red Eagle ([[William Weatherford]]) surrenders to General Andrew Jackson at Fort Jackson in Wetumpka.]]

Jackson's forces won a decisive victory at the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)|Battle of Horseshoe Bend]]. He moved on to Fort Toulouse, where he directed its repair. During his absence, the site was renamed [[Fort Jackson (Alabama)|Fort Jackson]] in his honor.

Jackson made the fort his headquarters during the [[War of 1812]]. The newly created Montgomery County held its courts there. The defeated Creek were forced to sign the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]] (1814), which ceded to the United States {{convert|23,000,000|acre|sqmi km2}} of Creek lands: much of the remainder of their territory in Georgia and most of central Alabama. After the war, many of Jackson's Tennessee militia returned home, collected their families and belongings, and brought them back to settle near the fort.

===Growth and incorporation===
Settlers, mostly from Georgia and [[the Carolinas]], flooded into the fertile land that the Creeks had been forced to give up. With its strategic location at the river confluence, Wetumpka quickly became an important center of agricultural trade. The city was formally incorporated in 1834. [[Cotton]] was the commodity crop of the new state of Alabama, with cultivation of short-staple cotton in the upland areas made possible by [[Eli Whitney]]'s invention of the [[cotton gin]], which reduced the labor of processing. From the scattered fields and large plantations worked by [[slavery in the United States|slave labor]] in the interior, cotton was carted overland to Wetumpka. At the [[fall line]] of the Coosa River, the port shipped out cotton bales by [[steamboat]]s which went downriver to the markets at Mobile for sale.
[[Image:Wetu presbyterian bridge.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The west bank looking across the Coosa River toward two Wetumpka landmarks, the Bibb Graves Bridge (1936) and First Presbyterian Church (1856).]]

Wetumpka became a cotton boom town. The new city was divided in half. The part on the eastern bank of the river was commercial, with banks, stores, and hotels, and was located in [[Coosa County, Alabama|Coosa County]]. The western section in [[Autauga County, Alabama|Autauga County]] was residential, with houses and churches laid out on a grid pattern of streets.

By 1836, the city's population was 1,200. [[Harper's Weekly]] asserted that "Wetumpka, Alabama and [[Chicago]], Illinois are the most promising two cities of the West.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A History of Wetumpka|last=Elizabeth|first=Porter|publisher=Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce|year=1957|pages=23}}</ref> The city commissioned a steamboat, ''The Coosa Belle'', to ferry passengers and cotton between Wetumpka and Mobile.

The same forces contributing to Wetumpka's growth were shifting the balance of power within Alabama. A standoff between the farmers of the [[Tennessee Valley]], centered in the former capital of [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]], and the old mercantile wealth of [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], had resulted in the capital being located for many years at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. By 1845, the cotton planters in the interior [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)|Black Belt]] had become some of the wealthiest in the country, and power was shifting toward the southern and central part of the state. Both the Black Belt cotton barons and the Mobilians wanted the capital moved.

Compromise indicated a new, centrally located capital, accessible by river and by steamboat. The lead contenders were Wetumpka (then straddling old Autauga and Coosa Counties) and the newer city of [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] (in Montgomery County), a few miles south. Neither city had a majority of support; representatives from north Alabama, enraged that the capital was being moved from Tuscaloosa, were indifferent to either site. Just before the vote, Montgomery lured an expensive [[French cuisine|French chef]] to the new hotel that had been built to house the state's representatives if Montgomery were selected. The city distributed elegant menus to the statesmen. The promise of luxury swayed the vote, and Montgomery won. That same year, a fire broke out in Wetumpka, burning warehouses and many commercial buildings. The charred bricks were carried downriver to Montgomery to supply the building boom in Alabama's new capital.

===War and flood===
Though their civic pride was wounded by losing the capital to Montgomery, Wetumpka's planters and merchants continued to flourish throughout the [[antebellum South|antebellum]] period. They promoted a plan to build a lock and dam so that boats would be able to pass above the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line|Fall Line]] and travel up the [[Coosa River|Coosa]] as far as [[Rome, Georgia]]. One famous resident was [[William Lowndes Yancey]], a firebrand newspaper editor and statesman who was an influential advocate of [[states' rights]], slavery, and Southern [[secession]].

In February 1861, representatives from seven Southern states met in Montgomery to form the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] government, inaugurating [[Jefferson Davis]] as their president on the steps of the Alabama state capitol. The first six states to secede were those whose residents owned the most slaves in the South. The same year saw the majority of Wetumpka's male population going off to war. Wetumpka was never harmed by Federal troops. No [[Union Army|Union]] troops entered the area until early 1865, and they were driven to reach Montgomery to punish the former Confederate capital before the war ended.

Veterans of the war returned to a city and a region whose economy had been completely destroyed. In 1866, a [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]] government drew up a new plan of counties for the state, and Elmore County was created out of parts of Coosa, Autauga, and Montgomery counties, with Wetumpka as its county seat. ([[Rockford, Alabama|Rockford]] was chosen as seat of the "new" Coosa County.)

Despite this, the city's future seemed grim. Before the war (in 1850), the population had reached 3,824 to become the 3rd largest city in the state (behind Mobile and Montgomery). By 1870 it had 1,137 residents (with Black residents outnumbering Whites by a margin of 594 to 543); in 1880, 816 residents; by 1890, it had declined to 619, and would bottom out at 562 in 1900. Not until 1950 would it return to the population it had a century earlier (with 3,813 residents).

In 1886, the worst flood in city history inundated the west bank and most of downtown. The bridge connecting the city's two halves was washed away, and more than a year passed before it was replaced.

===Lynchings===
{{Main|Lynchings in Elmore County, Alabama}}

A number of [[lynching]]s took place in and around Wetumpka during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The largest lynching took place on June 17, 1898, when a mob of 500 described as "some of the best and most prominent citizens of Elmore and Coosa counties" stormed the county jail where Solomon Jackson, Camp Reese, Louis Spier and Jesse Thompson were being held.<ref name="RobinWhite">"[https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/04/24/murder-robin-white-george-howard-eji-montgomery-lynching-memorial-legacy-museum-peace-montgomery/499623002/ The lynching of Robin White and the confession of George Howard]" by Brian Lyman, ''The Montgomery Advertiser'', April 24, 2018.</ref> A few prominent citizens and a Methodist minister tried talking the mob away from violence but they were unsuccessful. The sheriff had hidden the jail keys so that the mob couldn't get into the cells but they took a crowbar and took the cell doors off of their hinges and kidnapped the four men. The mob originally planned to burn them alive but thought that troops would intervene, so instead the men were hanged.<ref>The Topeka State Journal, June 17, 1898, p. 3.</ref><ref name="RobinWhite"/><ref>"[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/06/18/102115479.html?pageNumber=10 LYNCHING IN ALABAMA: Five Negroes Who Murdered Mr. and Mrs. Carden and Carlee Hanged by a Mob]," ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 18, 1898, Page 10.</ref><ref>''The New Crisis'', [[NAACP]], The Crisis Publishing Company, January/February 2022, page 42.</ref>

===Progress===
[[Image:Downtown wetumpka.jpg|right|frame|Downtown Wetumpka with Model T Ford cars]]
The first paved road linking Wetumpka with Montgomery was completed in 1924. Montgomery continued to grow during the two World Wars because of military spending in the region and the growth of the state government. By the 1950s, the ubiquity of the automobile allowed Wetumpka's residents to commute daily to Montgomery for work.

==="Cat Ladies"===
In 2022, two women were arrested and charged for feeding feral cats, which is not a crime in Wetumpka. City Judge Jeff Courtney sentenced Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, each to two years of unsupervised probation and 10 days in jail. The jail sentence was suspended. They were also ordered to each pay $100 in fines, plus court costs. After sentencing the women appealed to the Elmore County Circuit Court, at which point the city decided to no longer pursuing criminal charges.<ref name="AdvertiserCharges">"[https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/alabama/2023/04/12/alabama-town-no-longer-pursuing-charges-against-cat-ladies/70108983007/ Wetumpka no longer pursuing charges against 'cat ladies']" by Marty Roney, [[Montgomery Advertiser|The Montgomery Advertiser]], April 12, 2023.</ref>

The arrests generated worldwide media coverage and opposition<ref name="AdvertiserCharges"/> and resulted in Wetumpka being called a "national laughing stock. If not international."<ref>"[https://www.alreporter.com/2022/12/15/opinion-wetumpka-cat-ladies-were-convicted-but-the-city-will-pay-the-price/ Wetumpka cat ladies were convicted, but the city will pay the price]" by Josh Moon, Alabama Political Reporter, December 15, 2022.</ref> Roberts and Alston were later named "community heroes" by [[Montgomery Advertiser|The Montgomery Advertiser]] for helping feral cats in Wetumpka.<ref>"[https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2023/07/12/cat-ladies-named-community-heroes-for-their-devotion-to-wetumpka-cat-colonies/70364426007/ 'Cat Ladies' named Community Heroes for their devotion to cat colonies]" by Marty Roney, [[Montgomery Advertiser|The Montgomery Advertiser]], July 12, 2023.</ref> They were also featured on an episode of [[A&E Networks]]' show "My Strange Arrest".<ref>"[https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/progress/2023/07/26/aes-my-strange-arrest-to-feature-segment-on-wetumpka-cat-ladies/70467538007/ A&E's 'My Strange Arrest' to feature segment on Wetumpka 'cat ladies']" by Marty Roney, [[Montgomery Advertiser|The Montgomery Advertiser]], July 26, 2023.</ref>

Roberts and Alston alleged that "small-town politics" were behind what happened, saying that Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis "ordered Roberts' arrest because she had a history of making complaints about animal welfare matters in the city."<ref>"[https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/progress/2022/12/13/wetumpka-alabama-cat-ladies-found-guilty-on-all-four-charges/69722572007/ Wetumpka's 'cat ladies' found guilty on all four charges]" by Marty Roney, [[Montgomery Advertiser]], December 13, 2022.</ref><ref name="AdvertiserSmallTown">"[https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/21/wetumpka-cat-ladies-say-small-town-politics-behind-arrest/69741416007/ Alabama cat ladies say they're living nightmare over love of animals]" by Alex Gladden, [[Montgomery Advertiser]], December 21, 2022.</ref>

==Geography==
Wetumpka is located southwest of the center of Elmore County at {{Coord|32|32|27|N|86|12|28|W|type:city}} (32.540972, −86.207726),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> and sits on both sides of the [[Coosa River]] {{convert|5|mi|0}} northeast of its confluence with the [[Tallapoosa River]], where they merge to become the [[Alabama River]].

The city is situated astride the [[Atlantic Seaboard fall line|Fall Line]], where the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] foothills give way to the flat [[Gulf Coastal Plain]].

The city is located along many major US and state routes, notably [[U.S. Route 231 in Alabama|U.S. Route 231]], which runs east of downtown, leading north {{convert|28|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Rockford, Alabama|Rockford]] and south {{convert|18|mi|km|abbr=on}} to downtown Montgomery. [[Alabama State Route 14]] runs west to east through the downtown area, leading east {{convert|22|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Tallassee, Alabama|Tallassee]] and southwest {{convert|17|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Prattville, Alabama|Prattville]]. Other state highways that run through the city include [[Alabama State Route 9]] and [[Alabama State Route 170]].

Downtown Wetumpka covers two city blocks, and is bordered on the northwest by the Coosa River. The [[Bibb Graves]] Bridge crosses the river here, and is the city's most recognizable landmark. Directly across the bridge are the city's three antebellum churches, the First Methodist, First Presbyterian, and First Baptist. On January 19, 2019, a tornado destroyed the First Presbyterian church and badly damaged the first Baptist church.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/01/19/alabama-tornado-wetumpka-damage-first-baptist-church-presbyterian-al/2628693002/ | title=Alabama tornado: See before, after photos of Wetumpka churches damaged in storm }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wsfa.com/2019/01/20/first-presbyterian-church-destroyed-pastor-reflects/ | title=First Presbyterian Church destroyed, pastor reflects | date=January 21, 2019 }}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|27.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|26.2|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 3.66%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0181720| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wetumpka city, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=January 20, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213070650/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0181720| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Wetumpka has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=603410&cityname=Wetumpka,+Alabama,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Wetumpka, Alabama Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

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|Jan record high F = 85
|Feb record high F = 88
|Mar record high F = 91
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 104
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 107
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 90
|Dec record high F = 82

|Jan high C = 14.4
|Feb high C = 16.9
|Mar high C = 21.1
|Apr high C = 25.0
|May high C = 29.1
|Jun high C = 32.1
|Jul high C = 33.4
|Aug high C = 33.1
|Sep high C = 30.9
|Oct high C = 25.7
|Nov high C = 20.0
|Dec high C = 15.7
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|Feb mean C  =10.5
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|Apr mean C  =18.2
|May mean C  =22.7
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|Jul mean C  =27.8
|Aug mean C  =27.5
|Sep mean C  =25.0
|Oct mean C  =19.2
|Nov mean C  =13.2
|Dec mean C  =9.6
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|Feb low C = 4.2
|Mar low C = 7.7
|Apr low C = 11.4
|May low C = 16.3
|Jun low C = 20.7
|Jul low C = 22.3
|Aug low C = 21.9
|Sep low C = 19.1
|Oct low C = 12.7
|Nov low C = 6.4
|Dec low C = 3.6

|Jan record low F = 8
|Feb record low F = -7
|Mar record low F = 20
|Apr record low F = 29
|May record low F = 39
|Jun record low F = 48
|Jul record low F = 55
|Aug record low F = 53
|Sep record low F = 40
|Oct record low F = 28
|Nov record low F = 12
|Dec record low F = 12

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|Jan dew point C =3.2
|Feb dew point C =4.8
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|source 2 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Wetumpka, AL
|access-date = June 16, 2023
}}
</ref><ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=bmx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Birmingham
|access-date = June 16, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 3824
|1870= 1137
|1880= 816
|1890= 619
|1900= 562
|1910= 1103
|1920= 1520
|1930= 2357
|1940= 3089
|1950= 3813
|1960= 3672
|1970= 3912
|1980= 4341
|1990= 4670
|2000= 5726
|2010= 6528
|2020= 7220
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Wetumpka racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0181720&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,624
|64.04%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,898
|26.29%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|44
|0.61%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|90
|1.25%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|9
|0.12%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|261
|3.61%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|294
|4.07%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,220 people, 2,917 households, and 2,008 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 6,528 people and 2,206 households residing in the city.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{Cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/0181720.html |title=Wetumpka (City) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |access-date=April 28, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724214053/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/0181720.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The population density was {{convert|249.2|PD/sqkm|order=flip}}. There were 2,139 housing units at an average density of {{convert|81.7|/sqkm|order=flip}}.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The racial makeup of the city was 64.88% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 32.83% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.40% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.94% from two or more races. 2.32% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name=2000census>{{Cite web
  | title = Fact Sheet
  | work = American Fast Facts- Wedumpka city, Alabama
  | publisher = United States Census Bureau
  | url = http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=wetumpka&_cityTown=wetumpka&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
  | access-date = February 9, 2010
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200212053040/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=wetumpka&_cityTown=wetumpka&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
  | archive-date = February 12, 2020
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

There were 1,797 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.97.<ref name=2000census/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 62.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 54.2 males.<ref name=2000census/>

The median income for a household in the city was $35,536, and the median income for a family was $41,500. Males had a median income of $32,403 versus $23,234 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,729. About 7.7% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.5% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=2000census/>

==Culture, natural history, and recreation==

=== Wetumpka on TV ===
In July 2020, Wetumpka was chosen out of 2,600 towns to be featured on [[HGTV]]'s 8-episode ''Home Town Takeover'', which started airing May 2, 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Trapasso|first=Clare|date=2021-04-30|title=Can HGTV's 'Home Town Takeover' With Ben and Erin Napier Help Turn This Town Around?|url=https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/hometown-takeover-wetumpka/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Realtor.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The series follows the efforts of Ben and Erin Napier of HGTV's ''[[Home Town (TV series)|Home Town]]'' (set in [[Laurel, Mississippi]]) to help revitalize Wetumpka by renovating 12 buildings and public spaces.<ref name=":0" />

===Wetumpka in movies===
Four major films have been filmed on location in downtown Wetumpka.
*''[[The Grass Harp (film)|The Grass Harp]]'' (1995)<ref>{{Cite web|
  title =  ''The Grass Harp'' (1995)
  | publisher = IMDb.com, Inc.
  | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113211/locations
 | access-date =9 February 2010}}</ref>
*''[[The Rosa Parks Story]]'' (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|
  title =  ''The Rosa Parks Story'' (2002)
  | publisher = IMDb.com, Inc.
  | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293562/
 | access-date =June 9, 2010}}</ref>
*''[[Big Fish]]'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite web
 | title =  ''Big Fish'' (2003)
  | publisher = IMDb.com, Inc.
  | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/locations
 | access-date =9 February 2010}}</ref>
*''[[Son of the South (film)|Son of the South]]'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web
 | title =  ''Son of the South'' (2020)
  | publisher = IMDb.com, Inc.
  | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2235372/locations
 | access-date =10 June 2021}}</ref>

===Wetumpka meteor crater===
{{Main|Wetumpka crater}}

Wetumpka is the home of "Alabama's greatest natural disaster". A [[meteorite]], estimated to be {{convert|1000|ft|m}} wide, hit the area about 80 million years ago. The hills just east of downtown showcase the eroded remains of a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide|0}} [[impact crater]] that was blasted into the bedrock, with the area labeled the [[Wetumpka crater]] or [[impact structure|astrobleme]] ("star-wound") for the concentric rings of fractures and zones of shattered rock that can be found beneath the surface.<ref name="crater">[http://www.wetumpkalibrary.com/Default.asp?ID=207 "Wetumpka Impact Crater"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928230310/http://www.wetumpkalibrary.com/Default.asp?ID=207 |date=September 28, 2007 }} Wetumpka Public Library, accessed August 21, 2007.</ref><ref>"The Wetumpka Astrobleme" by John C. Hall, ''Alabama Heritage,'' Fall 1996, Number 42.</ref> In 2002, [[Auburn University]] researchers published evidence and established the site as an internationally recognized impact crater.<ref name="crater" /> Scientists have estimated that the energy released by the impact was over 175,000 times the energy of the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|nuclear bomb]] detonated at [[Hiroshima, Japan]] in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofwetumpka.com/Sites/Wetumpka2/Documents/Attractions/Wetumpka%20Crater.pdf|title=Wetumpka impact crater
|website=The City of Wetumpka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520221638/http://www.cityofwetumpka.com/Sites/Wetumpka2/Documents/Attractions/Wetumpka%20Crater.pdf
|archive-date=May 20, 2023
}}</ref>

===Jasmine Hill Gardens===

This outdoor museum was built in the 1930s on the estate of the Fitzpatrick family, who spent many years in [[Greece]] collecting replicas of ancient statuary to adorn their formal gardens at Jasmine Hill. The gardens are closed and will not re-open;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jasminehill.org/ |title=JASMINE HILL - Home |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418202618/https://www.jasminehill.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> they had several attractions including a full-sized replica of the [[Temple of Hera, Olympia|Temple of Hera]] at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]].

===Outdoor recreation===
[[Image:coosa river sunset.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A placid Coosa River at sunset]]
Wetumpka and the Coosa River annually play host to the Coosa River Challenge, which began in 2003 and regularly draws 150 to 200 participants. The race, a modified [[triathlon]], starts at the Swayback Bridge Trail with a [[Cross country running|cross country run]], a [[Mountain biking|mountain bike]] leg, and [[paddling]] on the Coosa River to finish at Goldstar Park in downtown Wetumpka.

The Swayback Bridge Trail is home to the annual mountain bike race, "Attack on Swayback".

Wetumpka is popular with [[Rafting|white water sports]] enthusiasts, attracting paddlers from all over the country. The city hosts the annual Coosa River Whitewater Festival, and was the site of the 2005 U.S. Freestyle Kayaking Nationals. The Coosa River Paddling Club has constructed Corn Creek Park, which offers public access to the river, along with nature and walking trails.

=== Christmas on the Coosa ===
'''Christmas on the Coosa''' is an annual series of events held in during the month of December. The event location is the Bibb Graves Memorial Bridge. The main event is the fireworks display and boat show held on the [[Coosa River]]. Observers watch from the Bibb Graves Memorial Bridge as a parade of boats decorated with Christmas lights float down the river under the bridge as fireworks go off. This is a unique experience due to the glow of fireworks illuminating the night sky as well as the placid river surface. A host of events proceeds the river show such as Miss Christmas on the Coosa Pageant, Pictures with Santa, tree lighting, and other events centralized around the city's Gold State Park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wetumpkalibrary.com/Default.asp?ID=361 |title=Wetumpka Library |access-date=May 1, 2017 |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013443/http://www.wetumpkalibrary.com/Default.asp?ID=361 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Poarch Creek casino ===
The [[Poarch Band of Creek Indians]], the only federally recognized tribe in Alabama, have built a [[casino]] on land abutting the city.<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.creekcasinowetumpka.com/Home.aspx
  |title=Creek Casino Wetumpka
  |publisher=[[Poarch Band of Creek Indians]]
  |access-date=March 9, 2013
  |archive-date=April 5, 2013
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405015257/http://www.creekcasinowetumpka.com/Home.aspx
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref> The tribe have announced plans for a major expansion of the casino to include a $246 million hotel, a second casino, and many other attractions in the complex as well. The new casino complex will employ over 1,000 people and have a 20-story, 285-room hotel named Wind Creek Wetumpka.<ref>
{{cite news
  |url=http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2012/07/poarch_creeks_plans_second_meg.html
  |title=Poarch Creeks plans second mega casino in Wetumpka 
  |date=11 July 2012
  |first=Ellen|last=Mitchell
  |work=[[Press-Register]]
}}</ref>

==Government and infrastructure==
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The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Wetumpka Post Office.<ref>[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/wetumpka-216-w-fort-toulouse-rd-wetumpka-al-1387414 Post Office Location&nbsp;– WETUMPKA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728212114/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/wetumpka-216-w-fort-toulouse-rd-wetumpka-al-1387414 |date=July 28, 2010 }}</ref>

The [[Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women]] of the [[Alabama Department of Corrections]] is in Wetumpka. The prison houses Alabama's female [[death row]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.doc.state.al.us/docs/AnnualRpts/2003AnnualReport.pdf |access-date=2023-10-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218204920/http://www.doc.state.al.us/docs/AnnualRpts/2003AnnualReport.pdf | archive-date=2014-12-18| title=Alabama Department of Corrections Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003}}</ref> Wetumpka was previously the site of the [[Wetumpka State Penitentiary]].<ref name="ADOCHist">"[http://www.doc.state.al.us/history.asp ADOC History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511180621/http://www.doc.state.al.us/history.asp |date=May 11, 2012 }}." [[Alabama Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 6, 2010.</ref>

In 2022, the Wetumpka Police Department handcuffed and arrested a group of elderly ladies for feeding stray cats in a city park. They were convicted and sentenced by local judge Jeff Courtney. The case is now under appeal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/progress/2022/12/13/wetumpka-alabama-cat-ladies-found-guilty-on-all-four-charges/69722572007/|title=Wetumpka's 'cat ladies' found guilty on all four charges|website=USA TODAY}}</ref>

==Education==
The city is within the [[Elmore County Public School System]].

Public schools include Wetumpka Elementary School,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wetumpkaelemelmoreal.schoolinsites.com/|title=Home|website=wetumpkaelemelmoreal.schoolinsites.com}}</ref> Wetumpka Middle School,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wetumpkamiddleelmoreal.schoolinsites.com/|title=Home|website=wetumpkamiddleelmoreal.schoolinsites.com}}</ref> [[Wetumpka High School]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.gowhs.com/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.gowhs.com |language=en}}</ref> and Redland Elementary School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redlandelemelmoreal.schoolinsites.com/|title=Home|website=redlandelemelmoreal.schoolinsites.com}}</ref> Wetumpka Middle School was formed by a merger of Wetumpka Intermediate School and Wetumpka Junior High School.<ref name=Moveforward>"[http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7630730&nav=0RdE Montgomery and Elmore County Schools Moving Forward with Building Plans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711230258/http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=7630730&nav=0RdE |date=July 11, 2014 }}</ref>

==Notable people==

* [[James Anderson (American actor)|James Anderson]], actor, ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
* [[William B. Bryant]], [[United States federal judge]] from 1965 to 2005
* [[James Daniel]], [[tight end]] coach for [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* [[John Kelly Fitzpatrick]], painter
* [[Hanley Funderburk]], president of [[Auburn University]] from 1980 to 1983 and president of [[Eastern Kentucky University]] from 1984 to 1998
*[[Robert D. Glass]], first African American justice of the [[Connecticut Supreme Court]] from 1987 to 1992 
* [[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]], head basketball coach of [[Alabama State University]]
* [[Jean Baptiste Louis DeCourtel Marchand]], French soldier who died in Wetumpka; great-grandfather of Creek leader [[William Weatherford]] and great-uncle of [[Alexander McGillivray]], also a Creek chief
* [[Jason McLaughlin]], [[association football|soccer]] player
* [[Charles McMorris]], US vice admiral
* [[Benjamin White Norris]], [[U.S. House of Representatives|congressman]] from 1868 to 1869
* [[Frank Oliver (American football)|Frank Oliver]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[defensive back]]
* [[Blake Percival]], [[whistleblower]]
* [[Jim Rogers]], businessman and author
* [[Jason Sanford]], science-fiction author
* [[Elizabeth Spiers]], writer and editor
* [[Monica Lisa Stevenson]], gospel musician
* [[Channing Tatum]], actor, born in Cullman, spent part of childhood in Wetumpka and has family in area
* [[Tevin Washington]], football player, [[List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks|quarterback]] for [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]
* [[Thomas Williams (Alabama politician)|Thomas Williams]], congressman from 1879 to 1885
* [[Jamie Winborn]], pro football player
* [[Jessica Meuse]], finished in fourth place on the thirteenth season of American Idol
* [[William Lowndes Yancey]], Confederate politician and diplomat
* [[John Q. Loomis]], Confederate army officer

==Buildings==

<gallery>
File:Elmore County Alabama Courthouse.JPG|The [[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore County]] Courthouse is located at 100 E Commerce St. in Wetumpka.
File:Wetumpka Alabama City Hall.JPG|Wetumpka City Hall is located at 212 S. Main Street.
File:Wetumpka Alabama Post Office.JPG|The Wetumpka Post Office is located at 216 W. Fort Toulouse Rd.
File:First Methodist Wetumpka Sept10 01.jpg|First United Methodist Church of Wetumpka. Placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on February 15, 1973.
File:Wetumpka L&N Depot Sept10 03.jpg|The Wetumpka L&N Depot was built in 1906 and placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on July 1, 1975.
File:First Presbyterian Wetumpka Sept10 01.jpg|First Presbyterian Church of Wetumpka. Placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on October 8, 1976.
File:First Baptist Wetumpka Sept10 03.jpg|First Baptist Church of Wetumpka. Placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on October 24, 2008.
File:Abel Hagerty House Wetumpka, AL.JPG|The Abel Hagerty House. Placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Elmore County, Alabama|National Register of Historic Places]] on January 14, 2008.
File:Julia Tutwiler Prison Wetumpka Alabama.JPG|[[Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women]] is a [[prison#Security levels|maximum security prison]] located along [[U.S. Highway 231 (Alabama)|U.S. Highway 231]] in Wetumpka.
file:FRONT AND SIDE VIEW, S.E. - J. Bruce Airey House, 1202 West Tuskeena Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL HABS ALA,26-WETU,10-1.tif |John Bruce Airey House, 1202 West Tuskeena Street. John Bruce Airey (9 February 1880 – 3 January 1968) was born in Evergreen, Conecuh, Alabama. His father was John D Airey and his mother was Elizabeth Mary Lock. He died in Wetumpka.<ref name="ancestors.familysearch.org">{{Cite web |title=FamilySearch.org |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LY9N-R96/john-bruce-airey-1880-1968 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=ancestors.familysearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/al0159/ | title=J. Bruce Airey House, 1202 West Tuskeena Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL | website=[[Library of Congress]] }}</ref>
file:CLOSE- UP OF FRONT PORCH, FACES EAST - Kelly Fitzpatrick House, Autauga Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL HABS ALA,26-WETU,2-3.tif|[[John Kelly Fitzpatrick|Kelly Fitzpatrick]] House, Autauga Street. John Kelly Fitzpatrick (15 August 1888 – 18 April 1953) was born in Alabama. His father was Phillips Fitzpatrick and his mother was Jennie Lovedy Kelly. He died in Wetumpka.<ref name="ancestors.familysearch.org"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/al0164/ | title=Kelly Fitzpatrick House, Autauga Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL | website=[[Library of Congress]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al0164.photos?st=galler | title=Kelly Fitzpatrick House, Autauga Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL | website=[[Library of Congress]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alabamaheritage.com/issue-41-summer-1996.html | title=Alabama Heritage Issue 41 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1155 | title=Fitzpatrick, John Kelly }}</ref>
file:CLOSE- UP OF FRONT OF HOUSE FACES E. - Bates-Jesse House, 311 Government Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL HABS ALA,26-WETU,3-3.tif|Paul M. Bates House, Mrs. Mary Jesse House (Bates-Jesse House; ca. 1830), 311 Government Street<ref name="loc.gov">[https://www.loc.gov/item/al0167/ Bates-Jesse House, 311 Government Street, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAm8tEHcX1/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=gkn1f6ic3zhm alabamahouses Paul M. Bates House, Mrs. Mary Jesse House | ca. 1830 | Wetumpka, AL]</ref>
file:VIEW IN DINING ROOM SHOWING JAPANESE CHINA CLOSET, S.W. - John Bullard House, Harrogate Springs Road vicinity, Wetumpka, HABS ALA,26-WETU.V,1-3.tif|John Bullard House (1823), Harrogate Springs Road <ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/al0162/ John Bullard House, Harrogate Springs Road vicinity, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL]</ref><ref>[https://sah-archipedia.org/Architects/John-Bullard John Bullard | SAH ARCHIPEDIA]</ref>
File:Benjamin Fitzpatrick House Wetumpka Sept10.jpg| [[Benjamin Fitzpatrick]] House in Wetumpka, Tuskeena Street District is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
File:400 E Tallassee Street Wetumpka Sept10.jpg| House, 400 E Tallassee Street, Tuskeena Street District is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
File:307 NW Main Street Wetumpka Sept10.jpg|House, 307 NW Main Street
File:Florence Bateman House Wetumpka Sept10.jpg|Florence Bateman House (Bates-Jesse House), 311 Government Street<ref name="loc.gov"/>
File:McCowen House Wetumpka Sept10.jpg|McCowen House
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Portal|United States}}
* [http://wetumpka.al.us/ City of Wetumpka official website]
* [http://wetumpkaonline.com/ WetumpkaOnline]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080709041159/http://www.visitelmoreco.com/ Elmore County Tourism Council]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080313062006/http://www.elmoreeda.com/ Elmore County Economic Development Authority (ECEDA)]
* [http://wetumpkacitypages.com/ Wetumpka City Pages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805113726/http://wetumpkacitypages.com/ |date=August 5, 2018 }}
* [http://wetumpkalibrary.com/ Wetumpka Public Library]
* [http://wvaughan.org/wetumpka.html Jerry Armstrong's pictures of the Wetumpka impact crater]

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