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Brilliant, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Marion. Associated ZIP codes: 35548.
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Brilliant is in Marion County, Alabama.
Region: North Alabama
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An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Brilliant, in Marion County, grew from the discovery of coal in the late 19th century. The Aldridge Mining Company was founded beside the town in 1897 and renamed the Brilliant Coal Company in 1906, and for more than 50 years it was the area's main employer. The name Brilliant came from the glossy sheen of the high-grade coal mined there, which burned so brilliantly, it was said, because it had only 2 percent ash and 1 percent sulfur.
Brilliant and neighboring Boston, named for early settler Jimmy L. Bostick, were so closely tied that their histories were never separated, and around 1900 the two formed the most densely populated part of Marion County. The Brilliant Coal Company closed in 1953, though smaller mines operated nearby until the early 1990s. In 1957 an act of the legislature merged Boston into Brilliant and dropped the Boston name. From 1987 to 2000 the town was home to Brilliant Homes, a mobile home maker, which closed on April 15, 2000. Sources Wikipedia: Brilliant, Alabama
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