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May 26, 2015. Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973, with a boundary increase on May 26, 2015. The name derives from an early name for the town of Huntsville, named after Twickenham, England, by LeRoy Pope.
Huntsville has grown through recent annexations west into Limestone County by 21.5 square miles (56 km 2) (13,885 acres, 5,619 ha) in the early 2000s, [64] and south into Morgan County with 1.03 square miles (2.67 km2) (659.1 acres, 266.73 ha) in 2018. [14] Huntsville borders Marshall County across the Tennessee River near Hobbs Island.
September 22, 1980. Big Spring International Park (also known as Big Spring Park) is a large park located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. The park was built around its namesake "Big Spring", the original water source that the city of Huntsville was built around. The Huntsville Museum of Art and Von Braun Center are located in the park.
The Old Town Historic District was the second historic district in Huntsville, Alabama.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1978. Roughly bounded by Dement and Lincoln Sts., and Randolph and Walker Avenues, it features homes in a variety of styles including Victorian, Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and even Prairie School with homes ...
April 16, 2010. The Merrimack Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. The cotton mill was built in 1900 by the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, reaching a peak of 1,600 employees by 1955. The mill was sold in 1946, and became known as the Huntsville Manufacturing Company. It operated until 1989 and was torn ...
The Huntsville Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area on the northern border of Alabama. 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 ...
Madison is a city located primarily in Madison County, near the northern border of the U.S. state of Alabama.Madison extends west into neighboring Limestone County.The city is included in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area, the second-largest in the state, and is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
The Huntsville Transit Center at 521 Pratt Ave. serves as the primary transfer point for Orbit. It replaced a smaller facility across Interstate 565 on Cleveland Ave built in 2004. It features fourteen bus bays, a rain garden, and a 3,880 square foot lobby waiting area and ticket office. [ 4 ]