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The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020. [5] Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University.
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]
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 ...
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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]
Gold Hill, also known as Goldhill, Gold Mine, or Gold Ridge, is an unincorporated community north-centrally located in Lee County, Alabama, United States, just a few hundred feet south of the Chambers County line. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area. Today, Gold Hill lies mostly in the corporate limits of Auburn.
The Scotts are credited with helping Auburn, Alabama develop at the beginning of its growth period. Nathaniel Scott was even Auburn's town commissioner in 1839. Around 1846, about 100 acres–the land where Pebble Hill stands–sold for $800. [ 3 ]
Waverly is a town in Chambers and Lee counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area. It was incorporated in 1910. [2] As of 2010, the town population was 145. [3] Waverly has an operating United States post office; four churches are located in the town.