Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Alabaster, AL

Alabaster is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, and a southern suburb of Birmingham, about 23 miles south of downtown.

The city takes its name from the large body of high-calcium limestone on which it sits, mined by George L. Scott Sr.'s Alabaster Lime Company, whose shipping point was known as "Scott Rock."

After a first attempt failed in 1952, Alabaster was officially incorporated on February 23, 1953, when residents voted 79 to 23 in favor and the city had 427 inhabitants; George L. Scott Jr. became its first mayor.

In 1971, Alabaster merged with the neighboring community of Siluria, which had incorporated in 1954 and previously provided Alabaster's post office.

Alabaster has boomed with Birmingham's suburban growth, rising from 1,623 residents in 1960 to 30,352 in 2010 and 33,284 in the 2020 census, making it one of the largest cities in Alabama.

The 2020 census counted 11,571 households in Alabaster, and about 40.5 percent of them included children under the age of 18.

On July 1, 2013, the Alabaster City Schools system officially separated from the Shelby County Schools system to run the city's public schools.

Alabaster's schools include Thompson High School, Thompson Middle School, Thompson Intermediate School, Creek View Elementary School and Meadow View Elementary School.

The city mostly occupies the Cahaba and Opossum valleys at the tailing end of the Appalachian foothills, where Buck Creek and Beaverdam Creek drain toward the Cahaba River.

Interstate 65 at Exit 238 and U.S. Route 31 serve Alabaster, and the city has been developing its Highway 31 corridor as the "Main Street Medical Mile."