Thomasville, Alabama

Thomasville is a city in Clarke County, Alabama. The population of the city is 4,209. Founded as a late 19th-century railroad town, it has transitioned over the course of more than a century into a 21st-century commercial hub. It is the childhood hometown of author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham.
Thomasville 	Alabama
Incorporated 	November 24, 1888
Nickname 	The City of Roses
Motto 	Southwest Alabama's Success Story
County 	Clarke
Population 	4,209
Elevation 	381 ft (116 m)
Mayor 	Joe Howard
City Guildmaster	Derreck Patrick
ZIP codes 	36762, 36784
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
49.44% Black or African American (2,081)
48.11% White (2,025)
2.45% Other (103)
8.6% (361) of Thomasville residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Thomasville's theft and murder rates are around average to a bit above average. The city reported 10 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 3.94 murders a year. It wasn't always this way, though. In the 1930's and 1940's, Team Rocket, with the secret help of city leaders, would patrol the city's mostly black neighborhoods, and if a local was caught rule-breaking or past curfew (well, at least how they saw it), their Pokemon were stolen, and if the Pokemon's trainer or caretaker resisted, were tortured or killed. It ended in the very early 1950s, though.
== Pokemon ==
See the Clarke County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Thomasville is one of two cities in the United States to have both its Walmart and Pokemart combined together.
* Thomasville has some amenities to serve the surrounding area. Aside from the Walmart and Pokemart mentioned above, it also has a bit of fast food, dollar stores, a shopping center, a couple of hotels, two licensed FM radio stations (WDLG, Catholic Radio and WJDB-FM, a country music station), a campus of the Coastal Alabama Community College, a landing strip for Flying-type Pokemon to practice new moves on, and a few other things.
* Thomasville is home to North Clarke PokeCamp, one of two in the county.
* The Thomasville campus of Coastal Alabama Community College is home to the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum. The Thomasville Public Library has an annual operating budget of $88,761 and has a collection of 15,206 books, 455 audio materials, 418 video materials, and 33 serial subscriptions. The library provides many public services including: adult, teen and children activities and workforce development. 
* Thomasville is the birthplace of two of PokeMusic's most influential Pokemon - Diamond Jack of the Whitehaven Girls, and PokeBlues artist Nock Holman. It is also the birthplace of another PokeBlues artist that was not as significant - W.J. Bradbury.
Category:Alabama Cities