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Generally, to be classified as a college town, a town should exhibit one or more of the following: The town is known for the presence of a college or university. The college or university is the largest employer in the town. College or university students form a significant proportion of the town's population.
Classes were initially held at Beulah Baptist Church. The name was changed to State Normal School of Colored Students in 1889, following legal wrangling regarding state funding. [4] Land for a permanent campus at the current location was purchased in 1889, with the first permanent building, the wood-frame Tullibody Hall, erected in 1890.
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. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [4]
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25. Lubbock, Texas. Livability score: 78 Percentage of the population ages 65 and older: 12% Monthly expenditure costs: $1,809 Average mortgage: $1,268 Methodology: To find college towns that are ...
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Clemson offers beautiful sights and a southern collegiate experience as well as historical significance.
Tuscaloosa is the retail business center of a several-county area in Alabama and nearby Mississippi, and is chiefly a university town. The city hosts the University of Alabama's main campus as well as Stillman College and Shelton State Community College. Other major components of the economy include government, health, and industry.
It’s OK if you don’t know that Alabama’s state bird is the Northern flicker or that it’s home to 32 percent of the U.S. snail population and the only riverboat mail route in the country.