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Opelika (pronounced / ˌ oʊ p ə ˈ l aɪ k ə / OH-pə-LY-kə) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. [3] It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area .
Lee County is a county located in east central Alabama.As of the 2020 census the population was 174,241. [1] The county seat is Opelika, [2] and the largest city is Auburn.The county was established in 1866 and is named for General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865. [3]
In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama. By 1840, 49 counties had been created; 52 by 1850; 65 by 1870; and the present 67 counties by 1903. [6] Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903. [3]
Location of Lee County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
US 29 diverges from I-85 at the following interchange, and the Interstate leaves the city of Opelika beyond its junction with Andrews Road. The Interstate enters Chambers County at its interchange with County Road 388 (CR 388), which leads to Cusseta. I-85 meets CR 208 in the unincorporated area of Huguley west of the city of Valley.
Spring Villa is a historic Carpenter Gothic plantation house on the outskirts of Opelika, Alabama. [1] Inspired by designs published by Andrew Jackson Downing, the house is one of only about twenty remaining residential examples of Gothic Revival architecture remaining in the state. [2]
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The Lee County Courthouse is a historic two-story brick county courthouse in Opelika, Alabama, county seat of Lee County, Alabama. It was constructed in 1896 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was designed by Atlanta architect Andrew J. Bryan and Company and was built by Andrews & Stevens.