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The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
Website. www.etowahcounty.org. County Number 31 on Alabama License Plates. Etowah County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 103,436. [1] Its county seat is Gadsden. [2] Its name is from a Cherokee word meaning "edible tree".
Some Alabama municipalities issued their own license plates for horse-drawn vehicles as well as automobiles prior to 1911. The earliest known plate is a bronze plate, "No. 1", issued by the city of Bessemer on a two-horse wagon in 1901, while the earliest known plate for an automobile is a 1906 dash plate [1] issued by the city of Birmingham, originally assigned to a 1904 6-cylinder Ford. [1]
Gadsden, Alabama. Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Birmingham and 90 miles (140 km) southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,931.
Attalla is in Etowah County at 34°0′35″N 86°5′54″W (34.009818, -86.098413). [9] It is bordered to the east by the city of Gadsden, the county seat, and at its southernmost point by Rainbow City. Interstate 59 runs along the eastern edge of the city, with access from Exits 181 and 183.
Map of Alabama during the War of 1812. Fort Armstrong and Turkeytown are located in the upper right. [1]Turkeytown (Cherokee: "Gun'-di'ga-duhun'yi"), sometimes called "Turkey's Town", was a small Cherokee village that once stretched for approximately 25 miles along both banks of the Coosa River, and became the largest of the contemporary Cherokee towns.
Area codes. 205, 659. FIPS code. 01-01660. GNIS feature ID. 2405146 [2] Altoona is a town in Etowah County (and a small portion of Blount County) in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the population was 948.
May 16, 2002. ( #02000484) Roughly along Wall St. from Norris Ave. to Meighan Boulevard. 34°01′14″N 86°02′44″W. / 34.020556°N 86.045556°W / 34.020556; -86.045556 ( Alabama City Wall Street Historic District) Gadsden. 3. Attalla Downtown Historic District. Attalla Downtown Historic District.