North Alabama
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North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally thought to include these 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 937,059.
The anchor city of this region of the state is Huntsville, but other cities of notable size include (in order of population): Decatur, Florence (along with its sister cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia), Madison, and Athens.
Decatur is considered a quasi anchor city for western North Alabama, being the largest economic center north of Birmingham, and west of Huntsville.
Locals tend to refer to this area as the "Tennessee Valley" in reference to the Tennessee River, which flows through the northernmost part of the state. A section of East Tennessee shares the "Tennessee Valley" moniker.
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[edit] Sub-Regions
[edit] Metropolitan Areas
(In Order Of Population)
- Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area
- Huntsville Metropolitan Area
- Decatur Metropolitan Area
- The Shoals
[edit] Micropolitan Areas
- Albertville Micropolitan Area
- Fort Payne Micropolitan Area
- Scottsboro Micropolitan Area
[edit] Principal Cities (In order of population)
- Huntsville
- 164,570
- Decatur
- 53,929
- Florence
- 36,264
- Madison
- 29,329
- Athens
- 18,967
[edit] Counties/Cities/Census-Designated Areas
[edit] Cherokee County
- Cedar Bluff
- Centre - County Seat
- Collinsville (part - part of Collinsville is in DeKalb County)
- Gaylesville
- Leesburg
- Piedmont (part - part of Piedmont is in Calhoun County)
- Sand Rock (part - part of Sand Rock is in DeKalb County)
[edit] Colbert County
- Cherokee
- Leighton
- Littleville
- Muscle Shoals
- Sheffield
- Tuscumbia - County Seat
[edit] Dekalb County
- Collinsville (part - part of Collinsville is in Cherokee County)
- Crossville
- Fort Payne - County Seat
- Fyffe
- Geraldine
- Hammondville
- Henagar
- Ider
- Lakeview
- Mentone
- Pine Ridge
- Powell
- Rainsville
- Sand Rock (part - part of Sand Rock is in Cherokee County)
- Shiloh
- Sylvania
- Valley Head
[edit] Franklin County
- Hodges
- Phil Campbell
- Red Bay
- Russellville - County Seat
- Vina
[edit] Jackson County
- Bridgeport
- Dutton
- Hollywood
- Hytop
- Langston
- Paint Rock
- Pisgah
- Pleasant Groves
- Scottsboro - County Seat
- Section
- Skyline
- Stevenson
- Woodville
[edit] Lauderdale County
- Anderson
- Florence - County Seat
- Killen
- Lexington
- Rogersville
- St. Florian
- Underwood-Petersville
- Waterloo
[edit] Lawrence County
- Courtland
- Hillsboro
- Moulton - County Seat
- North Courtland
- Town Creek
[edit] Limestone County
- Ardmore
- Athens - County Seat
- Decatur (part - most of Decatur is in Morgan County)
- Elkmont
- Huntsville (part - most of Huntsville is in Madison County)
- Lester
- Madison (part - most of Madison is in Madison County)
- Mooresville
- Tanner
[edit] Marshall County
- Albertville
- Arab (part - part of Arab is in Cullman County)
- Boaz (part - part of Boaz is in Etowah County)
- Douglas
- Grant
- Guntersville - County Seat
- Union Grove
[edit] Madison County
- Gurley
- Harvest
- Hazel Green
- Huntsville - County Seat - (part - part of Huntsville is in Limestone County)
- Madison (part - part of Madison is in Limestone County)
- Meridianville
- Moores Mill
- New Hope
- New Market
- Owens Cross Roads
- Redstone Arsenal
- Triana
[edit] Morgan County
- Burningtree Mountain
- Decatur - County Seat - (part - part of Decatur is in Limestone County)
- Danville
- Eva
- Falkville
- Hartselle
- Hulaco
- Lacey's Spring
- Morgan City
- Moulton Heights
- Priceville
- Somerville
- Trinity
[edit] Winston County
- Addison
- Arley
- Delmar
- Double Springs
- Haleyville (part - part of Haleyville is in Marion County)
- Lynn
- Natural Bridge
- Nauvoo (part - part of Nauvoo is in Walker County)
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State of Alabama Montgomery (capital) |
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| Topics | |
| Regions |
Black Belt | Central Alabama | Greater Birmingham | Lower Alabama | Mobile Bay | North Alabama | South Alabama |
| Major cities |
Anniston | Auburn | Birmingham | Decatur | Dothan | Florence | Gadsden | Hoover | Huntsville | Mobile | Montgomery | Tuscaloosa |
| Counties |
Autauga | Baldwin | Barbour | Bibb | Blount | Bullock | Butler | Calhoun | Chambers | Cherokee | Chilton | Choctaw | Clarke | Clay | Cleburne | Coffee | Colbert | Conecuh | Coosa | Covington | Crenshaw | Cullman | Dale | Dallas | DeKalb | Elmore | Escambia | Etowah | Fayette | Franklin | Geneva | Greene | Hale | Henry | Houston | Jackson | Jefferson | Lamar | Lauderdale | Lawrence | Lee | Limestone | Lowndes | Macon | Madison | Marengo | Marion | Marshall | Mobile | Monroe | Montgomery | Morgan | Perry | Pickens | Pike | Randolph | Russell | Shelby | St. Clair | Sumter | Talladega | Tallapoosa | Tuscaloosa | Walker | Washington | Wilcox | Winston |
