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The Steel City [18] The Tragic City [19] Cedar Bluff – Crappie Capital of the World [20] Daphne – The Jubilee City [21] Decatur. Ballooning Capital of Alabama [22] The Chicago of the South [23] Home of America's First Wave Pool [24] The River City [25] Wave Pool Capital of the World [26] Demopolis – City of the People [27] Dothan. Condom ...
Alabama is divided into 67 counties and contains 461 municipalities consisting of 174 cities and 287 towns. [3] These cities and towns cover only 9.6% of the state's land mass but are home to 60.4% of its population. [2] The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population.
This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Alabama also includes information on the number of counties in which the place lies, the name of its principal county, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
The metro area's principal city is Huntsville, and consists of two counties: Limestone and Madison. As of the 2020 United States census , the Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 491,723, making it the 2nd-largest metropolitan area in Alabama (behind only the Birmingham metropolitan area ) and the 113th-largest in the United States.
Alabama Army Ammunition Plant: 1 Talladega County: 35044 Alabama City: 1 Etowah County: 35904 Alabama Fork: 1 Limestone County: Alabama Home Spur: 1 Tuscaloosa County: Alabama Ordnance Works: 1 Talladega County: Alabama Port: 1 Mobile County: 36523 Alabama Shores: 1 Colbert County: 35661 Alabaster: 1 Shelby County: 35007 Alaga: 1 Houston County ...
The main article for this category is List of cities in Alabama; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Alabama; See also Alabama and categories Towns in Alabama, Census-designated places in Alabama, Unincorporated communities in Alabama
The city has a five-member (1 per district) City Council. [222] Council elections are staggered, meaning that Districts 2, 3, and 4 had elections in August 2018, while Districts 1 and 5 had elections simultaneously with mayoral elections in 2020. The city has boards and commissions which control most public services and development projects. [223]
The Alabama and Mississippi Railroad came through the town in 1857. By 1860, the town had grown enough to support educational facilities for both boys and girls. In addition to the schools, the town had a number of businesses on its main street, including two department stores, and the town's economy was tied closely to the surrounding plantations.