Enterprise, Alabama

Enterprise, Alabama
Clockwise from top-left: The Enterprise Water Tower, the Boll Weevil Monument, Boll Weevil Circle, Coffee County Courthouse, Enterprise Hospital.
Motto(s): 
"City of Progress"
"Retirement City USA"
Location of Enterprise in Coffee County and Dale County, Alabama.
Enterprise, Alabama
Location in the United States
Enterprise, Alabama
Enterprise, Alabama (Alabama)
Coordinates: 31°19′39″N 85°50′40″W / 31.32750°N 85.84444°W / 31.32750; -85.84444
Country United States
State Alabama
CountiesCoffee, Dale
Founded1896
Government
  MayorWilliam “Bill” Cooper
Area
  Total
31.02 sq mi (80.35 km2)
  Land30.96 sq mi (80.18 km2)
  Water0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation
358 ft (109 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
28,711
  Density927.42/sq mi (358.08/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
36330–36331
Area code334
FIPS code01-24184
GNIS feature ID0118005
Websitewww.enterpriseal.gov

Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Coffee County and the southwestern part of Dale County in Southeastern Alabama, United States. Its population was 28,711 at the 2020 census. Enterprise is the primary city of the Enterprise micropolitan statistical area (with the portion of the city in Dale County part of the Ozark micropolitan statistical area). It was originally a part of Enterprise–Ozark micropolitan area before being split; for a longer while it was originally part of the Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark combined statistical area but is now its own separate primary statistical area in later censuses.

Enterprise is famous for the Boll Weevil Monument, a large monument of a woman holding a boll weevil, in the middle of Main Street. The city erected the statue because the destruction of the cotton crop by the boll weevil had led to agricultural diversity, starting with peanuts and more prosperity than had ever come from cotton alone. It is the only statue to an insect pest in the world. Enterprise is right outside the U.S. Army's Fort Novosel, the home of Army Aviation.

Enterprise is home to Enterprise State Community College.