Current City Council:Mayor Mark McLaughlin, Councilmember Larry Riggins, Councilmember Jeanne Champion Fisch, Councilmember Jay Crisman, Councilmember Annette Tyler, Councilmember Buzz Ingle Westover, Alabama
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Westover, Alabama
— City —
Coordinates: 33°20′58″N 86°32′49″W
Country United States
State Alabama
County Shelby
Government
- Type Mayor/Council
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Mayor Mark McLaughlin
Councilmember Larry Riggins Councilmember Jeanne Champion Councilmember Annette Tyler Councilmember Andrea Hunter
Councilmember Samuel Mann
Area
- City 22 sq mi (57 km2)
Elevation 482 ft (147 m)
Population (2010)
- City 2,200
- Metro 1,000,000
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 35147 and 35185
Area code(s) 205
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID 157244
Website http://www.westoveralabama.org/
Westover is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It was officially incorporated on January 31, 2001 although it was established in 1901[1] and had a population of 961 when it was incoporporated in 2001.[2]
Westover is located along the busy U.S. Highway 280 corridor in the northeastern quadrant of Shelby County.[3] It is approximately 12 miles south of Birmingham and is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area. The newest residential subdivisions in the City of Westover include Chelsea Square, Carden Crest, The Villiages of Westover, Willow Oaks and Yellowleaf Farms. Over seventy-five percent on the property in the City is owned by residential and or commercial developers. Pine Mountain Preserve, the largest development of its kind ever built in the State of Alabama, is an Eddleman Properties development which has been announced. It is on 6,500 acres of property in the City of Westover including a "Town Center". The "Town Center" includes parks, City devlopment sites (City Hall, Library, Fire Stations, etc.), multiple school sites and commercial. The Shelby County School system covers the City of Westover as well as several area private schools. The majority of the City of Westover is in the Chelsea School zone of the Shelby County School system.
