Private company
Avondale Mills
Textile mill system in the American Southeast
The Avondale Mills were a system of textile mills located predominantly in Alabama, but also in Georgia and the Carolinas, with headquarters in Birmingham, and later in Sylacauga, Alabama. The Birmingham neighborhood of Avondale was chosen to be the site of the first mill, hence the naming of the company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards
The Avondale Mills were a system of textile mills located predominantly in Alabama, but also in Georgia and the Carolinas, with headquarters in Birmingham, and later in Sylacauga, Alabama. The Birmingham neighborhood of Avondale was chosen to be the site of the first mill, hence the naming of the company.2
Timeline
- 1897Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaAvondale Mills
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ24260778
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataAvondale Mills on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAvondale Mills on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsAvondale Mills photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain