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Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and 95th most populous in the US. [12] It is the county seat of Madison County with portions extending into Limestone County and Morgan County. [13]
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. [2]
Newly formed Alabama Legislature convenes in Huntsville. [1] 1820 - Alabama state capital relocated from Huntsville to Cahaba. [1] 1822 - Maple Hill Cemetery in use (approximate date). 1825 - Southern Advocate and Huntsville Advertiser newspaper in publication. [2] 1835 - A large fire near the Courthouse Square destroys about a dozen buildings. [5]
The 2020 Huntsville mayoral election took place on August 25, 2020, to elect the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Incumbent Republican Mayor Tommy Battle won re-election to a fourth term, with Democrat Andy Woloszyn coming in second. [8] The election was officially non-partisan, but some candidates were affiliated with political parties.
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The Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area is the most populated sub-region of North Alabama, and is the second largest combined statistical area in the State of Alabama after Birmingham. [1] The Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville CSA had a total of 879,315 people in 2022 and ranks 68th in the country. [2]
Madison County was the largest county in Alabama in population from 1810 to 1840. [6] [7] In the 1810 census alone, Madison County made up nearly half of the population in what would become Alabama, though this did not include Native American tribes and their people. By 1850 however it would lose the title and be the 7th due to its population ...
The Big Spring is a large, underground karst spring. [8] Hearing of the abundant water source and plentiful big game, John Hunt, Huntsville's founder, sought out the spring and settled near it in 1805 on the bluff above, which later became the site of the First National Bank of Huntsville.