Place:Brighton, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

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NameBrighton
Alt namesWoodward Crossingsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS1002861
TypeCity
Coordinates33.439°N 86.946°W
Located inJefferson, Alabama, United States
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Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population.

It is one of four cities in Jefferson County named after cities in Great Britain. Many of the city's early settlers were of English descent; they named the town after the English tourist and resort city of Brighton, which is located on the English Channel.

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