Calvert, Alabama


Calvert is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama, United States. It is located in the extreme northeastern corner of the county near the Tombigbee River, along U.S. Route 43. As of the 2010 census, its population was 277.
German technology conglomerate ThyssenKrupp broke ground on a US$4.65 billion stainless and carbon steel processing facility in Calvert in 2007. The facility became operational in July 2010. ThyssenKrupp's stainless steel division, Inoxum, including the stainless portion of the Calvert plant, was sold to Finnish stainless steel company Outokumpu in 2012. The remaining portion of the ThyssenKrupp plant with a production capacity of 5.3 million metric tons that includes a hot strip mill, cold roll mill and four coating lines, was purchased by a 50/50 joint partnership of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel in February 2014 for $1.5 billion and renamed AM/NS Calvert. It is the region's 2nd largest industrial employer.

Geography

Calvert is located at, at an elevation of.

Demographics

Education

Residents of the Mobile County section are zoned to Mobile County Public School System campuses. Residents of that section are zoned to Citronelle High School. The Mobile County section of the community was formerly in the attendance boundary of the Belsaw/Mr. Vernon K-8 school in Mount Vernon, which closed in 2016.
Residents of the Washington County section are served by Washington County School District.