Auburn, Alabama | |
|---|---|
| City of Auburn | |
    Campus of Auburn University, downtown Auburn, one of Auburn's many biking and walking trails, and Auburn City Hall. | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "The Loveliest Village On The Plains" | |
 Location of Auburn in Lee County, Alabama. | |
  Auburn | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′52″N 85°28′51″W / 32.59778°N 85.48083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Lee |
| Founded | 1836 |
| Incorporated | February 2, 1839 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ron Anders Jr.[1] |
| Area | |
| • City | 62.07 sq mi (160.77 km2) |
| • Land | 61.04 sq mi (158.09 km2) |
| • Water | 1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2) |
| Elevation | 702 ft (214 m) |
| Highest elevation | 846 ft (258 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 76,143 |
| • Estimate (2022)[4] | 80,006 |
| • Rank | US: 449th AL: 7th |
| • Density | 1,247.41/sq mi (481.63/km2) |
| • Urban | 100,842 (US: 310th) |
| • Metro | 199,289 (US: 231st) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 36830–36832, 36849 |
| Area code | 334 |
| FIPS code | 01-03076 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0113277 |
| Website | auburnalabama.org |
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama. The population was 76,143 at the 2020 census.[3] It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020.[5]
Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University. It is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States as measured since 1990.[6] U.S. News ranked Auburn among its top ten list of best places to live in the United States for the year 2009.[7] The city's unofficial nickname is "The Loveliest Village on the Plains," taken from a line in the poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain..."[8]
- ^ "Mayor City Council / Council Members". www.auburnalabama.org/. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
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- ^ Stephens, Challen (May 19, 2016). "Which Alabama cities are growing?". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "Best Places to Live 2009".
- ^ Plexico, Van (October 16, 2012). "The Revenge of Sweet Auburn: Goldsmith's Poem and the Real 'Deserted Village'". The War Eagle Reader. Retrieved July 6, 2024.