Wetumpka Demographics

The Bibb Graves Bridge, which serves as a focal point is renowned to be one of only two of its kind south of the Mason-Dixon Line.  Its arches are suspended with reinforced concrete! Wetumpka sets out the welcome mat in true Southern style.  Located in the heart of central Alabama and serving as the seat of Elmore County, this friendly city invites newcomers to come see this “surprise waiting for you.”  Wetumpka boasts a little bit of everything for everybody.  Mild year-round climate, low taxes, and a low crime rate are attractive features, while at the same time Wetumpka offers complete health care services, an abundance of sports activities, and a rich cultural environment.

Two large lakes, two major rivers and several small bodies of water make it possible o have plenty of outdoor fun, including boating, skiing and canoeing.  For the outdoors man and hunter, Wetumpka is a veritable paradise of deer, turkey, quail, dove and squirrel hunting.  Recreational activities are possible year round with the mild climate, and residents enjoy swimming, tennis, baseball/softball, and challenging golf courses with driving ranges.

Wetumpka offers some unique tourist sites and local activities for everyone’s enjoyment.  Check out the action at the Wetumpka Depot Players new location where local actors stage several presentations each year.  Or meet your friends at Jasmine Hill Gardens and Outdoor Museum, a 17-acre garden of flowers and statuary which maintains an authentic reproduction of the ruins of the Greek Temple of Hera and Olympian Center (it is called “Alabama’s Little Corner of Greece”).  Don’t miss “Christmas on the Coosa” with its large daytime street parade and night boat parade on the Coosa River.  The Coosa River Whitewater Festival features nationally sanctioned whitewater rodeo competition, with kayak and canoe, for professionals and amateurs.  Fort Toulouse/Fort Jackson Park has a partially restored French Fort around which re-enactors participate numerous times each year.  The two largest annual events, the French and Indian War Encampment in April and the Alabama Frontier Days in early November, along with the other monthly events bring some 150,000 visitors to the park each year.  While there, one can also camp, picnic, hike, bike, visit the museum or arboretum, and bring family for other activities.

Live in Wetumpka and you will feel like you’ve found it all:  varied terrain with the natural beauty of lakes, rivers and wildflowers, as well as good farm acreage and domesticated animals.  As part of the third fastest growing county in Alabama, Wetumpka offers a comfortable lifestyle associated with good schools, plenty of churches, and a flourishing economy.

Community Profile of WETUMPKA