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Childersburg is located in Talladega and Shelby counties and is known for being "The oldest city in America...1540". The city claims origins as a village in the Coosa Nation. Major attractions include the Butler-Harris Rainwater Museum, the Kymulga Mill and Covered Bridge, and the Desoto Caverns. Each year in the fall season there is Coosa Fest. Among the biggest companies in Childersburg are Central Alabama Community College and Bowater Newsprint Coosa Pines Operations. The biggest schools here are Childersburg High School and Childersburg Middle School. Visitors can play a game of golf at any of the 10 golf courses in the area. Famous persons from Childersburg include Gerald Wallace, a professional basketball player with the Charlotte Bobcats and childhood actor, Richard Edgeworth. Wallace has a local festival in his honor.