page_title: Sylacauga, Alabama
hierarchical_section_title: Sylacauga, Alabama
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photograph of Sylacauga, Alabama
context_page_description: Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 12,749.
  Nicknames for Sylacauga include "The Marble City", “The Cog”, and "Alabama’s Best-Kept Secret".
  Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been quarried ever since. The marble industry was the first recorded industry in the Sylacauga area.
  Sylacauga is the site of the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person. On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg piece of what became known as the Hodges Meteorite crashed through the roof of an Oak Grove house, bounced off a radio, and badly bruised Mrs. Ann Hodges, who was taking an afternoon nap.
  Sylacauga is on the 2010 list of "100 Best Communities for Young People" by America's Promise Alliance.
context_section_description: Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 12,749.
  Nicknames for Sylacauga include "The Marble City", “The Cog”, and "Alabama’s Best-Kept Secret".
  Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been quarried ever since. The marble industry was the first recorded industry in the Sylacauga area.
  Sylacauga is the site of the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person. On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg (9 lb) piece of what became known as the Hodges Meteorite crashed through the roof of an Oak Grove house, bounced off a radio, and badly bruised Mrs. Ann Hodges, who was taking an afternoon nap.
  Sylacauga is on the 2010 list of "100 Best Communities for Young People" by America's Promise Alliance.
caption: Downtown Sylacauga by night
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "NIKON", "Image Model": "COOLPIX S570", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000", "Image DateTime": "2011:02:19 13:51:44", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "2334", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "1/96", "Thumbnail YResolution": "1/96", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "37894", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "2141", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/13", "EXIF FNumber": "27/10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2011:02:18 18:11:22", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:02:18 18:11:22", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "29/10", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3184", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2278", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "37728", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "28", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Night", "EXIF GainControl": "High gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Soft", "EXIF Sharpness": "Soft", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "3A24F5AB42304495949164AE1DD02C11", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "4156"}