Bug Tussle is a rural district in

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. It is located near the Cullman County and Walker County border. It is close to

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and Lewis Smith Lake, along Alabama Highway 69 and

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, and is southwest of the city of Cullman. Bug Tussle got its name after an early settler climbed a nearby mountain and said the people below looked like "bugs tussling".

Geography

Bug Tussle is located at . According to the

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the land area of the CCD is about .

Transportation

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* State Route 91

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, the Bug Tussle/Bremen

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(which also included

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, part of

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, and part of Good Hope) had a population of 8,198 with a

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of about . There were 3,158 households and 2,488 families in the CCD. The racial makeup of the CCD was 92.6%

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, 5.98%

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, <1% from other races, and <1% from two or more races. <1% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. The median age of the CCD was 37.3. 24.5% of the population were under age 18, 8.5% were age 18 to 24, 28.8% were age 25 to 44, 26.1% were age 45 to 64, and 12% were age 65 or older. There were 101.4 males for every 100 females in the CCD.

Education

*Cold Springs Elementary: K-6 * Cold Springs High School: 7-p012

Tourist attractions, recreation, and places/points of interest

* Lewis Smith Lake

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Cullman County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama