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Gadsden is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Etowah County
Etowah County, Alabama

Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee Native Americans in the United States language, which means "edible tree." It is the center of the 'Gadsden, Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area' which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties....
, northeastern Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, approximately 60 miles northeast of Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in the United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama. It also includes part of Shelby County, Alabama....
. It is the principal city of and is included in the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area
Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area

Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area covers all of Etowah County located in Northeast Alabama. As of 2000, the population was 103,459. It consists of Gadsden, Alabama and its surrounding towns....
, which has a population of 103,459. As of the 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 37,291.

It was at one time the state's second most important industrial center, trailing only Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
. The two cities were important shipping centers: Gadsden for riverboats and Mobile for international trade.






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Gadsden is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Etowah County
Etowah County, Alabama

Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee Native Americans in the United States language, which means "edible tree." It is the center of the 'Gadsden, Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area' which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties....
, northeastern Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, approximately 60 miles northeast of Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in the United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama. It also includes part of Shelby County, Alabama....
. It is the principal city of and is included in the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area
Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area

Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area covers all of Etowah County located in Northeast Alabama. As of 2000, the population was 103,459. It consists of Gadsden, Alabama and its surrounding towns....
, which has a population of 103,459. As of the 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 37,291.

It was at one time the state's second most important industrial center, trailing only Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
. The two cities were important shipping centers: Gadsden for riverboats and Mobile for international trade. Up until the 1980s, Gadsden was almost totally dependent on heavy industry, including Goodyear Tire
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Today it is the third largest tire company in the world after Bridgestone and Michelin....
, and Republic Steel
Republic Steel

Republic Steel was once the third largest steel producer in the United States.The Republic Iron and Steel Company was founded in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1899....
. After virtually crumbling in the 1970s and 1980s, Gadsden decided its best course of action was to stop being dependent on industry, and shedding its "company town" image. In 1991, Gadsden was awarded the honor of "All-America City" by the National Civic League, an award that honored the way Gadsden's citizens, government, businesses, and voluntary organizations work together to address critical local issues.

History

The first substantial white settlement in what is now Gadsden was a tiny town called Double Springs. It was begun by a mixed Indian-white settler named John Riley when he built his house near two springs around 1825. It became a stagecoach stop on the Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Alabama and Limestone County, Alabama Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Madison County....
-to-Rome
Rome, Georgia

Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County....
 route. The original house still stands today as the oldest house in Gadsden. The house changed hands to a couple named Gabriel and Asenath Hughes in 1840. Shortly thereafter, they began to purchase much of the land between Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, actually is a big hill plateau, is located at the northwest corner of Georgia , the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee near Chattanooga....
, the Coosa River
Coosa River

The Coosa River is one of Alabama most developed rivers. It begins at the Confluence of the Oostanaula River and Etowah River Rivers in Rome, Georgia....
, and down to the mouth of Wills Creek. Their land, plus that of John S. Moragne and Joseph Rhea, became the first part of the city of Gadsden. Double Springs was transformed on July 4, 1845, when one Captain James Lafferty piloted the first steamboat to the area, aptly named the Coosa. He landed near the site of the current Memorial Bridge on that date. The Hughes brothers offered to name the town "Lafferty's Landing" in his honor, but Lafferty declined. Instead, the name Gadsden was chosen, in honor of Colonel James Gadsden
James Gadsden

James Gadsden . Namesake of the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased from Mexico the land that became the southern portion of Arizona and New Mexico....
 of South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
, famous for the later Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase

The Gadsden Purchase is a region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by President Franklin Pierce on June 24, 1853, and then ratified by the U.S....
.

Gadsden, Al, Spirit of American Citizenship Monument, With Coosa River
After the civil rights movement and the closing of most of Gadsden's major industries in the 1970s and 80's, the city began to crash. A 1989 Rand McNally
Rand McNally

Rand McNally is the preeminent United States publisher of maps, atlases, and globes for travel, reference, commercial, and educational uses. It also provides online consumer street maps and directions, as well as commercial transportation routing software and mileage data....
 article listed Gadsden as one of the "Seven Worst Cities to Live in the United States." Spurred to action by these reports, efforts like the Cultural Arts Center and downtown redevelopment earned Gadsden first place in the 2000 City Livability Awards Program.

Geography

Gadsden is located at (34.010147, -86.010356).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.2 square miles (96.3 km²), of which, 36.0 square miles (93.2 km²) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²) of it (3.25%) is water.

Climate

Gadsden has a humid subtropical climate
Humid subtropical climate

Humid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and chilly to mild winters. This climate type covers a broad category of climates, and the term "subtropical" may be a misnomer for the winter climate....
. It experiences hot, humid summers and generally mild winters, with average high temperatures ranging from 89.0 °F (31.6 C) in the summer to 49.4°F (9.5 C) high during winter.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high
°F (°C)		 49 (9) 55 (13) 64 (18) 73 (23) 80 (27) 87 (31) 90 (32) 89 (32) 84 (29) 74 (24) 63 (17) 54 (12) 72 (22)
Average low
°F (°C)		 29
(-1)		 31 (0) 39 (4) 48 (9) 56 (13) 64 (18) 68 (20) 68 (20) 61 (16) 48 (9) 40 (5) 32 (0) 49 (10)
Average rainfall: inches/mm 5.3 /
135		 5 /
127		 6.5
166		 5.6
142		 4.7
119		 3.8
97		 5.1
130		 3.4
87		 3.5
89		 2.9
74		 4.2 107 5.4 137 55.3 /
1405
Source:

Demographics


As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 38,978 people, 16,456 households, and 10,252 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 1,083.6 people per square mile (418.4/km²). There were 18,797 housing units at an average density of 522.6/sq mi (201.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 62.69% White
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 34.00% Black
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 or African American
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.30% Native American
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.53% Asian
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 0.08% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, 1.22% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.17% from two or more races. 2.67% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 or Latino
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 of any race.

There were 16,456 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 85.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,823, and the median income for a family was $31,740. Males had a median income of $29,400 versus $19,840 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $15,610. About 18.1% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.

Employment

Citing statistics from the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations and the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, the Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Authority reports that approximately 12,000 residents of Etowah County are underemployed and 2,179 residents are unemployed as of 2008.

Education

The Gadsden City Board of Education oversees fourteen schools: eight elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school, and two specialty schools (one alternative center and one technical center).

A new high school, Gadsden City High School
Gadsden City High School

Gadsden City High School is a public high school, located in Gadsden, Alabama, United States serving approximately 1500 students in educational stages ninth grade through twelfth grade....
, replaced the three former city high schools (Emma Sansom High School, Gadsden High School, and Litchfield High School) via merger for the 2006-2007 school year.

Gadsden is home to three institutions of higher learning: Gadsden State Community College, which is the second largest among the 27 two-year institutions comprising the Alabama College System, Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville State University is a state university university serving Northeast Alabama on a campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama....
, and the University of Alabama
University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is a state university coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System....
, although the latter are small satellite institutions.

Religion

Gadsden is home to Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel (Gadsden, Alabama)

Congregation Beth Israel is a Reform Judaism synagogue located at 761 Chestnut Street in Gadsden, Alabama. Founded in 1908, it grew out of Gadsden's Talmud Torah, which was established in 1903....
, a Reform
Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism refers to the spectrum of beliefs, practices and organizational infrastructure associated with Reform Judaism in Reform Judaism and in Reform Judaism ....
 synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
 founded in 1908. In a 1960 attack, the synagogue was fire-bombed, its windows smashed, and two members wounded with a shotgun by a Nazi sympathizer.

Points of interest

  • Noccalula Falls Park
    Noccalula Falls Park

    Noccalula Falls Park is a 250 acre public park located in Gadsden, Alabama.The falls are located on land once owned by R.A. Mitchell, who gave the site to the city of Gadsden, so that the area could be improved, and everyone could enjoy the majestic falls....
  • Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge
    Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge

    The Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, more simply known as Gilliland's Covered Bridge, is a locally owned wooden covered bridge that spans a small pond near Black Creek in Etowah County, Alabama, United States....
  • Coosa River
    Coosa River

    The Coosa River is one of Alabama most developed rivers. It begins at the Confluence of the Oostanaula River and Etowah River Rivers in Rome, Georgia....
  • Downtown Gadsden
  • James D. Martin Wildlife Park
  • Lookout Mountain
    Lookout Mountain

    Lookout Mountain, actually is a big hill plateau, is located at the northwest corner of Georgia , the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee near Chattanooga....


Media

Newspapers
  • The Gadsden Times
    The Gadsden Times

    The Gadsden Times is a daily newspaper serving Gadsden, Alabama, and the surrounding area in northeastern Alabama.The newspaper is a member of the New York Times Regional Media Group, a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, through the corporate entity of NYT Holdings, Inc., an Alabama corporation....
     (Daily morning paper. Part of the New York Times newspaper group.)
  • Gadsden Messenger - Weekly, locally owned newspaper.
  • The Reporter - Monthly, locally owned newspaper.


Television
  • WTJP Channel 60 - Trinity Broadcasting Network
    Trinity Broadcasting Network

    The Trinity Broadcasting Network is the United States' largest Religious broadcasting#Television Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, it also has studios in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma and Orlando, Florida....
  • WPXH Channel 44 - PAX Network affiliate
  • W15AP Channel 15 - Repeater for WBRC
    WBRC

    WBRC, channel 6 is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama. WBRC is owned by Raycom Media, which in turn is owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama, and is affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     Fox 6 in Birmingham


AM Radio
  • WGAD 930 - Oldies
  • WAAX 570 - News/Talk
  • WJBY
    WJBY

    WJBY is a radio station city of license to serve Gadsden, Alabama, USA. It operates at 1350 kilohertz, with a daytime power of 5,000 watts non-directional, and 500 watts directional at night....
     1350 - Sports Radio
  • WMGJ 1240 - Talk, Religious, Urban/Contemporary


FM Radio
  • WKXX 102.9 - Top 40
  • WSGN 91.5 - NPR/PBS (Gadsden State Community College)
  • WGMZ 93.1 - Classic Rock


Health Care

  • : 346 bed facility
  • : 281 bed facility
  • : Psychiatric and chemical dependency facility


Transportation

  • Interstate 59
    Interstate 59

    Interstate 59 is an Interstate Highway in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is near Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana, at an intersection with Interstate 10 and Interstate 12, its northern terminus is at Wildwood, Georgia, at an intersection with Interstate 24....
  • Interstate 759
    Interstate 759

    Interstate 759 is a 4.50 mile auxiliary route of Interstate 59 just south of Gadsden, Alabama in Etowah County, Alabama. The western terminus is at I-59 in Attalla, Alabama....
  • U.S. Highway 411
  • U.S. Highway 431
  • U.S. Highway 278
  • Norfolk Southern Railroad
  • Alabama and Tennessee River Railway
    Alabama and Tennessee River Railway

    The Alabama and Tennessee River Railway is a shortline railway operating over trackage formerly operated by CSX Transportation. The line's western terminus is a junction with the CSX main line in Birmingham, Alabama, near CSX's Boyles Yard....
  • Northeast Alabama Regional Airport
    Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

    The Northeast Alabama Regional Airport , formally the Gadsden Municipal Airport, is a public airport located 4 miles southwest of the city of Gadsden, Alabama, in Etowah County, Alabama, Alabama, United States....
     (municipal airport)


Notable Residents and Former Residents

  • James B. Allen, Former United States Senator
  • Ron Billingsley
    Ron Billingsley

    Ron Billingsley is a retired American football player. He attended high school at Gadsden High School in Gadsden, Alabama from 1959 to 1962. He attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie from 1963 to 1966, where he played on defense and special teams for the Cowboys football team under Coach Lloyd Eaton....
    , Retired American football player
  • Marion Blakey
    Marion Blakey

    Marion Clifton Blakey was the 15th Federal Aviation Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. She was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title....
    , Former United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator
  • Brodie Croyle
    Brodie Croyle

    John Brodie Croyle is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft....
    , Quarterback for Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs

    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs are a member of the AFC West of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Holley Ann Dorrough
    Holley Ann Dorrough

    Holley Ann Dorrough is an American Model . She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for April 2006. Her ambitions are to be a successful model/singer, but mainly, a wife/mother....
    , Former Playboy
    Playboy

    Playboy is an American men's magazine, founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, with a presence in nearly every medium....
     Playmate
    Playmate

    A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month . The PMOM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, as well as a short biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs....
  • Danny Ford
    Danny Ford

    Danny Lee Ford born December 19, 1947 is a former American football Coach , who most notably led Clemson Tigers as its head coach to its 1981 in sports 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season....
    , Former American college football coach
  • Gold City
    Gold City

    Gold City is an United States Christian music group that is based in Gadsden, Alabama....
    , American Southern gospel
    Southern Gospel

    Southern Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
     group
  • Beth Grant
    Beth Grant

    Beth Grant is an United States actress. She is known for often playing characters who are conservatives, religious zealots or sticklers for rules....
    , American actress
  • Steve Grissom
    Steve Grissom

    Steve Grissom is a NASCAR Busch Series driver. Grissom was the 1993 Busch Series champion and currently has eleven Busch wins. He turned down a scholarship to play quarterback at the University of Alabama to focus a career on racing....
    , NASCAR
    NASCAR

    The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
     driver
  • La'Donte Harris
    La'Donte Harris

    La'Donte Harris is a former Wide Receiver for the Clemson Tigers....
    , Former Wide Receiver for the Clemson Tigers
    Clemson Tigers

    The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
  • Linda Howard
    Linda Howard

    Linda S. Howington is an United States best-selling romance novel/suspense author under her pseudonym Linda Howard. Before she became a writer, she was an avid reader and fond of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell....
    , Romance novelist
  • Mathew Knowles
    Mathew Knowles

    Mathew Knowles is an United States music executive and music management from Etowah County, Alabama, Alabama. He is the father and manager of Popular music star Beyonc? Knowles and her sister Solange Knowles, and is best known as the manager of his daughters and of the female Pop/Rhythm and blues girl group Destiny's Child....
    , Father of Beyoncé Knowles
    Beyoncé Knowles

    Beyonc? Giselle Knowles , commonly known as Beyonc? , is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child....
    ,
  • Britt Leach
    Britt Leach

    Britt Leach is an United States character actor. He is best known for his role in the films Goin' South, Fuzz, The Last Starfighter, Weird Science , The Great Outdoors , Baby Boom , and Silent Night, Deadly Night....
    , American actor
  • Theodore J. Lowi
    Theodore J. Lowi

    Theodore J. Lowi is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the government department at Cornell University. His area of research is the United States government and public policy....
    , Cornell University
    Cornell University

    Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
     professor, author, and past president of the American Political Science Association
    American Political Science Association

    The American Political Science Association is an professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903, it publishes three academic journals ....
  • James D. Martin
    James D. Martin

    James Douglas Martin is a Republican Party politician from the U.S. State of Alabama. His 1962 campaign for the United States Senate was the first serious showing by an Alabama Republican since Reconstruction era of the United States....
    , Former United States Representative
  • Aimee Mayo, Songwriter
  • Jerry McCain
    Jerry McCain

    Jerry McCain, noted Blues performer, was born in 1930 in Gadsden, Alabama. One of five children of a poor family, many of his siblings became involved in music as well, most notably his brother, Walter, who played drums on some early records....
    , Blues artist
  • Roy Moore
    Roy Moore

    Roy Stewart Moore is an United States jurist and Republican Party politician noted for his refusal, as the elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse despite contrary orders from a federal judge....
    , Controversial "Ten Commandments" judge
  • B. L. Noojin
    B. L. Noojin

    Balpha Lonnie Noojin , sportsperson, educator and politician, was also a successful businessman. Noojin completed his education at The University of Alabama, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1908....
    , Athlete and businessman
  • John Perkins Ralls
    John Perkins Ralls

    John Perkins Ralls, Sr. was a physician and representative from the state of Alabama to the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War....
    , Gadsden physician who served in the First Confederate Congress
    First Confederate Congress

    The First Confederate Congress was the first regular session of the Congress of the Confederate States of the Confederate States of America. Members of the First Confederate Congress were chosen in elections held in November 1861....
  • Emma Sansom
    Emma Sansom

    Emma Sansom was an Alabama farmgirl noted for her bravery during the American Civil War.Sansom was a native of Social Circle, Georgia, and moved with her family to just outside Gadsden, Alabama, in about 1852....
    , Aided the Southern Confederacy
    Confederate States of America

    The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
     during the Civil War
    American Civil War

    The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
  • Steve Shields
    Steve Shields (baseball)

    Steve Shields is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft, and played for five different teams between 1985?89....
    , Retired American baseball player
  • Ted Sizemore
    Ted Sizemore

    Ted Crawford Sizemore was a second baseman for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox ....
    , Former major league baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     player
  • Warren Smith
    Warren Smith (golfer)

    Warren F. Smith, Jr. is an American professional golfer who is best known for serving as the head pro at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado from 1963 to 1990 and for being honored as the 1973 PGA of America Golf Professional of the Year....
    , Former professional golfer
  • Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, Running Back for Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are aprofessional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. They are currently members of the NFC South of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....


External links

  • Jake Adam York Southern Spaces, March 7, 2008.