Cullman, Alabama

**Cullman** is a city in Cullman County, Alabama. Cullman is along Interstate 65, about  north of Birmingham, and about  south of Huntsville. According to the 2020 census, it has 18,213 people.
Cullman is the county seat of Cullman County, Alabama.

## Education

The Cullman City School System operates five schools: Cullman Primary School (Pre-K - First Grade),
 East Elementary (Second Grade - Sixth Grade),
 West Elementary (Second Grade - Sixth Grade),
 John G. Cullman Middle School (Seventh and Eighth Grades),
 and Cullman High School (Ninth Grade - Twelfth Grade).

Other schools in Cullman include the Saint Bernard Preparatory School, a Benedictine boarding school (Ninth Grade - Twelfth Grade),
 Saint Bernard Middle School (Seventh and Eighth Grade),
 Sacred Heart Elementary School (Pre-K - Sixth Grade),
 Saint Paul's Lutheran School (Pre-K - Sixth Grade),
 and Cullman Christian School (Pre-K - Twelfth Grade).

### Radio stations

- WFMH 1340 AM (Sports/Talk)
- WKUL 92.1 FM (Country/Talk)
- WMCJ 1460 AM (Southern Gospel)
- WYDE 101.1 FM (Talk Radio)

### Newspaper

- _The Cullman Times_ (daily)
- _The Cullman Tribune_ (weekly)
- _Cullman Sense_  (weekly)

### Television

Cullman is in the TV broadcasting areas of both Birmingham, Alabama, and Huntsville, Alabama.

Also, there is one low-power broadcasting station in Cullman: WCQT-LP TV-27

## Health care

- Cullman Regional Medical Center - a 115-bed hospital.

## Transportation

- Interstate 65
- U.S. Highway 31
- U.S. Highway 278
- Alabama State Route 69
- Alabama State Route 157
- CSX Transportation Railroad
- Folsom Field municipal airport

## Sister city

- - Frankweiler (Germany)

## Notable persons from Cullman

- Scot Ponder, inventor and world traveller
- JoJo Billingsley, singer/songwriter
- Wesley Britt, National Football League player
- James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, Governor of Alabama 1947 - 51 and 1955 – 59
- James E. "Little Jim" Folsom, Jr., Governor of Alabama 1993 - 95, former and current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
- Robert Hall, professional make-up artist
- Roger Hallmark, country musician
- Kurt Heinecke, composer and voice actor
- Charles Kleibacker, fashion designer
- Greg Knighten, Army specialist
- Harold E. Martin, journalist and 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner
- Julian L. McPhillips candidate for Attorney General of Alabama in 1978.
- Johnny Lee Smith, martial arts instructor and founder of Triad Martial Arts Academy; portrayed himself (with the nickname "Tiger Claw") on '90s TV show _WMAC Masters_.
- Channing Tatum, actor/model
- Holly Williams, country music singer (and daughter of Hank Williams, Jr.)
- Larry Willingham, professional football player

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Cullman, Alabama
- **official name**: City of Cullman
- **settlement type**: City
- **motto**: "A City of Character"
- **image skyline**: Cullman-aerial-real-estate-photography (21 of 21).1.jpg
- **imagesize**: 230px
- **image caption**: Hwy 278 & Hwy 31
- **image map**: File:Cullman County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cullman Highlighted 0118976.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Cullman in Cullman County, Alabama.
- **pushpin map**: USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in the United States
- **established title**: Settled
- **established title1**: Incorporated
- **established date1**: 1878
- **founder**: Colonel Johann Gottfried Cullmann
- **named for**: Colonel Johann Gottfried Cullmann
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Alabama, County
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision name1**: Alabama
- **subdivision name2**: Cullman County, Alabama, Cullman
- **established date**: 1873
- **area total km2**: 60.83
- **area total sq mi**: 23.49
- **area land km2**: 57.38
- **area land sq mi**: 22.16
- **area water km2**: 3.45
- **area water sq mi**: 1.33
- **elevation ft**: 898
- **elevation m**: 251
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 18213
- **population density km2**: 317.41
- **population density sq mi**: 822.07
- **timezone**: Central Standard Time
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 35055-35058
- **area code**: Area code 256, 256 Exchanges: 734,735,736,737,738,775
- **blank1 name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 info**: 01-18976
- **blank2 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank2 info**: 0116948
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 01-18976