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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.
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.
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]
The ultimate college town, Ithaca is home to Cornell University and more than 23,000 Ivy Leaguers. In between cram sessions, students steal away to Buttermilk Falls and Robert H. Treman State Park.
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Clemson offers beautiful sights and a southern collegiate experience as well as historical significance.
The Shoals has also been known as the Tri-Cities and the Quad-Cities by locals. The area is home to the University of North Alabama, located in Florence, and the birthplace of Helen Keller (Tuscumbia) and W.C. Handy (Florence). It is also home to a community college, Northwest Shoals Community College located in Muscle Shoals.
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.
Alabama State University (ASU, Bama State, or Alabama State) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, during the Reconstruction era , it was one of about 180 " normal schools " established by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.