Cuba

History

The Cuba post office existed prior to 1850, with nothing in the present-day area of the town of Cuba but wilderness. The first people to live in this site were a slaveowner named Mr. R.A. Clay, who moved from Autauga County with his family and approximately 100 slaves in 1852, and purchased all the land which later made up the town of Cuba. By 1861, the town was a thriving farming industry and had a sizable truck-crop enterprise. Also during this time, the Northeast and Southwest Railroad (later the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, Southern Railway and now Norfolk Southern) was being built. Clay donated land for the railroad right-of-way, built mainly by the people he enslaved. As the town was settled, the post office became known as Cuba Station. The Town of Cuba was incorporated in 1890 with Dr. A.L. Vaughan as its first mayor. In 1870, Mr. Clay sold to Mr. Warner Lewis half of the town and divided it into lots, with two set aside for the building of the Baptist and Methodist churches. Cuba Baptist Church was organized in 1879; the original building still stands on the spot where it was first built. The Methodist Church was organized about 1884. This church membership dissolved many years ago. The Holiness Church was organized about 1886, the Presbyterian Church about 1906, and the Independent Holiness Church about 1925. Mrs. Curtis Vaughan was the first person to be buried in Cuba, in 1888. Mr. R.A. Clay, the morning after her death, donated the land for the Cuba Cemetery, which later became Clay Memorial Cemetery in his honor.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.25% is water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cuba has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  421
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  353
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  310
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  297
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  288
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  251
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  242
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  239

Most recent

• M 2.59 — 2019-04-23
  11 km WSW of Union, Alabama
• M 2.58 — 2016-09-05
  16 km W of Union, Alabama
• M 2.7 — 2015-08-13
  9 km WSW of Union, Alabama
• M 3.5 — 2015-06-30
  12 km W of Union, Alabama
• M 2.67 — 2015-06-06
  9 km W of Union, Alabama
• M 3.1 — 2015-03-12
  14 km W of Union, Alabama