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| Montevallo was incorporated in 1887, and gets its name from a Spanish word meaning "Limestone". Before its incorporate, the town was know as "Lime Kiln Station", because of its location in the heart of the great lime producing section of Alabama. This area is one of the largest chemical lime producing areas in the United States. Lime produced here is shipped all over the southeastern U.S. and into some foreign ports.
The 1994 census reported that Montevallo had grown by 49% since 1990, making it the fasted growing city in Alabama. The growth has been attributed to a movement away from the metropolitan area of Birmingham into a suburban, family friendly, area that is still easily accessible to the Birmingham area via interstate highway.
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