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Dora, AL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Dora a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Dora Home page. The Dora Home page provides as much information as possible on Dora. Knowing Dora’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Dora’s Home page, you will also find Dora’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Dora has a population of 2429. 41.4% of Dora’s inhabitants are Male, and 58.6 are female. 45.3% of Dora is married and 64.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $99,783, and the average rent is $622. Household median income in Dora is $50,195, and the individual median income is $21,839. Dora’s Ethnic is the following: White(58%), Black(34.8%), Multiple(3.9%), Other(2.3%), Asian(1%).
The first settlers in the area now known as Dora were James. M. Davis, Ezekiel Morgan, and Cole Smith in the early 1830s. Later in the 1830s, homesteaders settled here. The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad laid a line through the settlement in 1886, and called their depot "Sharon". The Magella Coal Company and the Horse Creek Coal and Coke Company were founded, and by 1890, the area was called Horse Creek and incorporated as the town of Horse Creek in 1897.
By 1900, several coal mines were located nearby. There was a school, churches, businesses and doctors. The name was changed to Dora in 1906. At the 2020 census the population was 2,297, up from 2,024 in 2010.
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