Place:Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States

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NameGadsden
Alt namesCostasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1051446
Double Springssource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1008128
Queen City of the Coosasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1008128
TypeCity
Coordinates34.01°N 86.01°W
Located inEtowah, Alabama, United States     (1600 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about northeast of Birmingham and southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,931. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 33,945. In the 19th century, Gadsden was Alabama's second-most important center of commerce and industry, trailing only the seaport of Mobile. The two cities were important shipping centers: Gadsden for riverboats and Mobile for international trade.

From the late 19th century through the 1980s, Gadsden was a center of heavy industry, including the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Republic Steel. In 1991, following more than a decade of sharp decline in industry, Gadsden was awarded the honor of All-America City by the National Civic League.

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