Inverness is a former

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and now neighborhood within Hoover, a suburb of

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, United States. It derives from a Scottish city of the same name. U.S. Route 280 runs through Inverness and includes many restaurants and shopping centers, along with a major intersection with Valleydale Road (County Road 17). The Inverness community is only a few miles from downtown Birmingham. The

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, Lake Heather, and the Inverness Country Club can be found in Inverness. Inverness is mostly located within the city limits of Hoover, with some portions in unincorporated Shelby County. An F2 tornado damaged business buildings here along with Pelham, Helena, and Indian Springs on March 27, 1994.

Demographics

Inverness was classified as a

or CDP within Shelby County for the 1990 U.S. Census.http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-2.pdf It was soon after annexed into the city of Hoover.

References

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